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Business
SECOND EDITION
Intermediate Teacher’s Book
John Hughes
& Lynne White
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Contents
Introduction 4–7
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Working life 8–12
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Facilities 59–63
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Work-life balance 13–17
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Decisions 64–68
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Projects 18–22
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Innovation 69–73
Viewpoint 1 Sharing a workspace 23–24
Viewpoint 4 The Falkirk Wheel 74–75
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Services & systems 25–29
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Breakdowns 76–80
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Customers 30–34
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Processes 81–85
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Guests & visitors 35–39
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Performance 86–90
Viewpoint 2 Cultural communication 40–41
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Working online 42–46
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Finance 47–51
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Logistics 52–56
Viewpoint 5 Green appeal 91–92
Practice file answer key 93–96
Viewpoint 3 Cybercrime 57–58
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Introduction
1 Companies
The course
Who is Business Result Second Edition for?
Business Result Second Edition is a comprehensive multilevel course in business English suitable for a wide range of
learners. The main emphasis is on enabling your students;
helping them to communicate more effectively in their
working lives.
In-work students
Unlike many business English courses, Business Result Second
Edition addresses the language and communication needs
of employees at all levels of an organization, who need to
use English at work. It recognizes that the business world
is truly international and that many people working in a
modern, global environment spend much of their time
doing everyday tasks in English – communicating with
colleagues and work contacts by phone, via email and in a
range of face-to-face situations, such as formal and informal
meetings/discussions, and various planned and unplanned
social encounters. It contains topics and activities that allow
the students to participate in a way that is relevant to them,
whatever their level in their company or organization.
Pre-work learners
Business Result Second Edition can also be used with prework learners at college level. The course covers a variety of
engaging topics over the 15 units, so students without much
work experience will receive a wide-ranging overview of the
business world, as well as acquiring the key communication
skills they will need in their future working lives. Each unit
in this Teacher’s Book contains suggestions for adapting the
material to the needs of these students.
One-to-one teaching
Many of the activities in the book are designed for use with
groups of students, but they can also be easily adapted to
suit a one-to-one teaching situation. Notes in the individual
Teacher’s Book units offer suggestions and help with this.
What approach does Business Result
Second Edition take?
Business Result Second Edition helps students communicate
in English in real-life work situations. The priority at all times
is on enabling them to do so more effectively and with
confidence. The target language in each unit has been
carefully selected to ensure that students will be equipped
with genuinely useful, transferable language that they
can take out of the classroom and use immediately in the
workplace.
The course recognizes that, with so many businesses now
being staffed by people of different nationalities, there is an
increasing trend towards using English as the language of
internal communication in many organizations. As well as
learning appropriate language for communicating externally
– with clients or suppliers, for example – students are also
given the opportunity to practise in situations that take
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place within an organization, such as giving a report, making
arrangements and taking part in meetings.
The main emphasis of the course is on the students
speaking and trying out the target language in meaningful
and authentic ways; it is expected that a large proportion of
the lesson time will be spent on activating students’ interest
and encouraging them to talk. The material intentionally
takes a communicative, heads-up approach, maximizing the
amount of classroom time available to focus on and practise
the target language. However, you will also find that there
is plenty of support in terms of reference notes, written
practice and review material.
The syllabus is essentially communication-driven. The
topics in each of the 15 units have been chosen because of
their relevance to modern business and the world of work.
Vocabulary is presented in realistic contexts with reference
to real companies or organizations. Grammar is also a key
element of each unit. It is presented in an authentic context
and ensures that students pay attention to accuracy, as well
as become more proficient at expressing themselves clearly
and precisely. The Business communication sections ensure
that students are provided with a range of key expressions
they can use immediately, both in the classroom and in their
day-to-day work.
STUDENT’S BOOK
The Student’s Book pack
The Student’s Book pack offers a blend of classroom teaching
and self-study, with an emphasis on flexibility and timeefficiency. Each of the 15 Student’s Book units provides
around four hours of classroom material with the potential
for two to three hours of additional study using other
materials in the pack.
The materials that support the Student’s Book units are:
• Viewpoint video lessons
• Practice files
• Progress tests
• Photocopiable worksheets
• Online practice
More information on all of these materials and how to use
them can be found later in these Introduction pages.
Key features of a unit
Starting point
Each unit opens with some lead-in questions to raise
awareness of, and interest in, the unit theme. Use these
questions to help you establish what students already know
about the topic and how it relates to their own working lives.
These questions can usually be discussed as a class or in
small groups.
Working with words
This first main section introduces key vocabulary in a variety
of ways, including authentic reading texts, listening texts
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and visuals. Students are also encouraged to look at how
different forms of words (verbs, adjectives and nouns)
can be built from the same root, or to look at common
combinations (e.g. verb + noun, adjective + noun) that will
help them to expand their personal lexicon more rapidly.
This section also offers opportunities to work on your
students’ reading and listening skills.
Language at work
The grammar is looked at from a communicative point of
view; this will meet your students’ expectations with regard
to learning form and meaning, but also reminds them
how the grammar they need to learn commonly occurs in
business and work situations. The Language point highlights
the target grammar structures, which are then practised in
authentic work contexts.
Practically speaking
This section looks at various practical aspects of everyday
communication and social interaction from a ‘how to’
perspective – for example, How to show interest, How to
address people – as well as useful ways that we use language
in communication, such as say and tell.
Business communication
This section focuses on one of five broad communication
themes – meetings, presenting, exchanging information,
phone calls and socializing. These are treated differently
throughout the book so that, for example, students are able
to practise exchanging information on the phone as well
as face-to-face, or compare the different language needed
for giving formal and informal presentations. Typically,
the section begins with students listening to an example
situation (a meeting, a presentation, a social encounter, a
series of phone calls). They focus on Key expressions used
by the speakers which are listed on the page. They are then
given the opportunity to practise these in various controlled
and more open work-related tasks.
into three or four sections. Each lesson usually opens with
an introduction to the topic and interviews with people
discussing the topic. Key words and phrases are then
introduced before students watch the main video section.
Here, students can develop listening and note-taking skills
with language presented in an authentic context. Each
lesson ends with activities to give students speaking practice
discussing the topic of the lesson.
Additional material
At the back of the Student’s Book, you will find the following
sections.
Practice files
These provide unit-by-unit support for your classroom work.
Each file provides additional practice of target language
from the three main unit sections, Working with words,
Language at work and Business communication and can be
used in two ways:
For extra practice in class – refer students to this section for
more controlled practice of new vocabulary, grammar or key
expressions before moving to the next stage. The optimum
point at which to do this is indicated by cross-references in
the Student’s Book unit and the teaching notes in this book.
For self-study – students can complete and self-check the
exercises for review and revision outside class.
Answers for the Practice file exercises appear on
pages 93–96 of this book.
Communication activities
Additional information for pairwork and group activities.
Audio scripts
Irregular verb list
Tips
Throughout each unit, there are short, practical tips with
useful language points arising from a particular section or
exercise.
Talking point
All units end with a Talking point. These provide the
opportunity for students to discuss a range of business
concepts, approaches and ideas and how they might apply
these in their own work. All of the topics relate to the unit
theme and provide the opportunity for students to use the
language from the unit.
The Talking point follows a three-part structure: Input (a short
text, listening or infographic), Discussion, Task.
*Note that in two units (units 2 and 11) the Talking point
format is presented as a game. This is designed to be fun and
is aimed at recycling the language from the unit.
Viewpoint
After every three units there is a two-page Viewpoint video
lesson. The topic of the Viewpoint lesson relates to a theme
from the preceding units and includes interviews with
expert speakers and case studies of real companies. Each
Viewpoint has a number of short videos and is divided
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TEACHER’S BOOK
vocabulary is taught, or for making key expressions sound
more natural and fluent.
What’s in each unit?
Dictionary skills
Unit content
This provides an overview of the main aims and objectives of
the unit.
Context
This section not only provides information on the teaching
points covered in the unit, but also offers some background
information on the main business theme of the unit and
its importance in the current business world. If you are less
familiar with the world of business, you will find this section
especially helpful to read before starting a unit.
Teaching notes and answers
Notes on managing the Student’s Book exercises and various
activities are given throughout, with suggested variations
that you might like to try. You will find comprehensive
answers to all Student’s Book exercises, as well as notes on
possible responses to discussion questions.
It’s helpful to encourage students to use a good dictionary in
class and the relevant notes suggest moments in the lesson
when it may be useful to develop your students’ skills in
using dictionaries.
USING THE COURSE
How to use Business Result Second Edition
to fit your teaching context
Business Result Second Edition provides all the flexibility
you need as a teacher. The syllabus and content has been
carefully designed so that it can be used either from start to
finish or in a modular way, allowing you to tailor the course
to suit your and your students’ needs.
Using the course from start to finish
In general, you will find that Business Result Second Edition
can be used with any size of class. However, with one-toone students you will find that activities which have been
designed with groups of students in mind will need some
adaptation. The Teacher’s Book provides suggestions for how
to adapt group work activities successfully for one-to-one
classes.
You can, of course, use Business Result Second Edition
conventionally, starting at Unit 1 and working your way
through each unit in turn. If you do so, you will find it works
well. Each section of the unit is related thematically to the
others, and there is a degree of recycling and a steady
progression towards overall competence, culminating
in the Talking point. Timing will inevitably vary, but allow
approximately four classroom hours for each unit. You will
need more time if you intend to do the Practice file activities
in class.
Pre-work learners
The ‘flexible’ option
One-to-one
Although most users of Business Result Second Edition will be
students who are already in work, you may also be teaching
classes of students who have little or no experience of the
business world. The Teacher’s Book provides suggestions for
how to adapt certain questions or tasks in the book to their
needs, and extra notes are given for these types of learners.
Extension
With some students it may be appropriate to extend an
exercise in some way or relate the language point more
specifically to a particular group of students. Suggestions on
how to do this are given where appropriate.
Business Result Second Edition is written in a way that
recognizes that many business English courses vary greatly
in length. With this in mind, teachers can use Business Result
Second Edition in a modular way. Although each unit has
a logical progression, you will find that all the sections are
essentially free-standing and can be used independently of
the rest of the unit.
This modular approach provides the flexibility that business
English teachers need when planning their course. Teachers
might want to choose the sections or unit topics that are the
most relevant and interesting to them and their students.
Extra activity
If you have time or would like to develop further areas of
language competence, extra activities are suggested where
they naturally follow the order of activities in the Student’s
Book. For example, if your students need writing practice or
need to build more confidence with speaking, extra followup ideas may be provided.
Alternative
With some students it may be preferable to approach an
activity in a different way, depending on their level or their
interests. These options are provided where appropriate.
Pronunciation
Tips on teaching pronunciation and helping students
improve their intelligibility are provided where there is
a logical need for them. These often appear where new
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Online practice and teacher
resources
For students
The Online practice gives your students additional language
practice of the Student’s Book content. For more information,
see page 5 of the Student’s Book.
For teachers
As well as providing access to all of the student online
practice exercises, the Learning Management System (LMS)
provides an invaluable and time-saving feature for teachers.
You can monitor your students’ progress and all of their
results at the touch of a button. You can also print off and
use student reports on their progress.
A user manual for how to use the LMS can be found in the
teacher resources in the Online practice.
Downloadable resources for teachers
In the teacher resources in the Online practice are a
number of downloadable resources for teachers to use to
complement the Student’s Book. These include:
• Photocopiable worksheets for every unit
• Progress tests for every unit
• Business cards for role-plays
• Class audio
• Class video
Photocopiable worksheets
New for Business Result Second Edition are the photocopiable
worksheets. These provide extra communicative practice,
often in the form of a game, for every Working with words,
Language at work, and Business communication section from
the Student’s Book.
There are suggestions in the Teacher’s Book for when to use
these worksheets in class. All of the worksheets, as well as
the answer key, can be downloaded and photocopied from
the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Photocopiable Progress tests
These can be administered at the end of each unit in order
to assess your students’ progress and allow you, the student
or the head of training to keep track of students’ overall
ability.
Each test is divided into two sections. The first section tests
the vocabulary, grammar and key expressions from the unit.
This section is scored out of 30 and students will need about
30 minutes to complete the questions.
The second section is a speaking test. In this section
students are given a speaking task that resembles one of
the speaking activities in the unit. These are mostly set up
as pairwork activities in the form of role-plays, discussions or
presentations.
Marking criteria is provided to help you assess students’
performance in the speaking test. It requires students to
perform five functions in the speaking test, and you can
grade each of the five functions using a scoring system of
0, 1 or 2, giving a final score out of 10.
The speaking test role-plays can also be used as extra
classroom practice without necessarily making use of the
marking criteria.
All of the tests, and the answer keys, can be downloaded
from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Business cards
There is a set of downloadable business cards in the teacher
resources in the Online practice.
The business cards are particularly useful to use in role-play
situations from the Student’s Book if you have students from
the same company and they are required to exchange
information about their company. You will find suggestions
of when to use the business cards in the teacher notes of the
Teacher’s Book.
Class audio and video
All of the class audio and the videos for the Viewpoint lessons
can be streamed or downloaded from the teacher resources
in the Online practice.
Alternatively, class audio can be played from the audio CD
and the videos can be played from the DVD that is found in
the Teacher’s Book pack.
How to access the Online practice
For students
Students use the access card on the inside front cover of the
Student’s Book. This contains an access code to unlock the
content in the Online practice.
For teachers
Teachers need to go to www.oxfordlearn.com and either
register or sign in. Members of the Oxford Teacher’s Club
can use their existing sign in details.
Then click on Register an organization and follow
the instructions. Note that if you are not part of an
organization, or you don’t have an authorization code from
your institution, you will need to click on Apply for an
organization account. You will then be asked to supply
some information. If you don’t have an institution, then put
your own name next to Institution name.
Teacher’s website
Additional teacher resources can be found at
www.oup.com/elt/teacher/businessresult.
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Working life
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about themselves and their work
• give a short personal presentation using present simple
and present continuous
• show interest during conversations
• network with groups of people.
Context
The topic of Working life gives the students the tools to
present themselves and their company to clients and
competitors. Anybody who works or plans to work in
business will need a certain amount of vocabulary to
describe a company, including its main areas of business,
its working activities and their role in the company. Not
only is it important to find out about a contact’s company
for practical business reasons, but it is also a subject of
interest to most business people, and so will be a topic of
conversation in many business situations; particularly in
initial meetings and setting up contacts.
Social interaction in business is crucial for the forging of
good relationships and making new contacts. Cultural
differences can lead to misunderstandings if business
people do not use the appropriate expressions and
intonation when reacting to speakers in their initial
exchanges.
In this unit, students will learn how to describe their
companies and their role in their company. They will also
have the opportunity to practise a very important social
aspect of business interaction – reacting to speakers,
sounding interested and extending a conversation.
The Talking point offers students the opportunity to
discuss the area of networking, whilst providing the
opportunity to develop their fluency using some of the
language from the unit.
Starting point
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them
cues if they are hesitant: Is it a big or small company? Is it a
manufacturing or a service company? Is it local, national or
international? The second question can be done in pairs
before whole-class feedback, or with the whole class.
The third question can be done individually initially, then
students can get into pairs or small groups to compare
answers and finally discuss as a whole class. Encourage
students to develop their answers.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about their ideal
working life. Ask questions about it, for example, What kind
of business or organization would you like to work for? Where
would you prefer to spend most of your working day? Would
you prefer to work on your own or with colleagues/clients? You
could ask students to discuss the questions in small groups
and then report back to the whole class.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to look at the question and
prompts before speaking. Elicit what they know about online
sites. You could do the first prompt as a model, for example,
a company website could include the company logo, photos
of the buildings or products, endorsements from clients or
customers, the company contact details, some information
about the company itself and about the staff.
Possible answers
A company website: logo, clients/customers, contact details,
information on company and staff
A personal webpage: probably includes a profile, blog/vlog,
photos
A social media site such as Facebook or LinkedIn: contacts,
friends, endorsements, news
A brochure or publication such as a conference programme:
background information, future plans, conference schedule,
speakers at a conference
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the four profiles and answer the
questions. Tell students it’s not necessary to understand
all the words, only the general sense. Provide feedback on
answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 In-balance; high quality training courses on employment
law, health and safety, and using mobile technologies in
marketing
2 Howard Bright and Fey de Boutilier. (Normally when we talk
about our jobs, we mean full-time jobs. We generally only
state specifically if they are part-time. This is the reason the
answers for Howard Bright and Fey de Boutilier are inferred
from the text rather than explicitly stated, as in the case of the
remaining profiles.)
3 Tasia Clifford and Emrann Bhatt.
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Exercise 3
Tell students to read the profiles again and complete the
table. Let them compare their answers with a partner.
Provide feedback on answers with the whole class.
Suggested answers
Job(s)
Tasia
business
lawyer
and
trainer
Emrann marketing
consultant
and trainer
Fey
Colleagues
and clients
Main
area(s) of
business
managers
and
businesses
employment advising
managers
law and
health and and
businesses
safety
in two areas
of law
small-tomedium
sized
business
owners
marketing
and online
marketing
customer
multinational customer
service
corporations service
representative to individual
customers
Workplace
activities
developing
marketing
strategies /
running
courses on
using mobile
technologies
in marketing
the booking
process,
from initial
enquiries
to taking
bookings
Exercise 4
After the pairwork, ask two or three students to report back
to the whole class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to work in small groups
to discuss their ideal job, for example, What would the job be?
Would they prefer to work part-time or full-time? If they worked
part-time, what else would they do? Ask them to give reasons
for their choices.
Exercise 5
Elicit the answer to the first sentence with the whole class,
then ask them to complete the other sentences individually.
Let them compare answers in pairs before doing whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 with 2 for 3 of 4 of 5 in 6 as 7 in 8 with
PRONUNCIATION Write work with on the board and ask
which word or syllable is stressed. Explain that we link the
verb and preposition in the verb phrases, i.e. that they sound
like one word and that the stress is generally on the verb,
noun or adjective in the phrase. Show the link work with,
/’wɜːkwɪð/
Then ask them to do the same for the other verb phrases,
encouraging them to say them aloud to see if the
pronunciation sounds correct. Check answers with the
whole class.
Answers
1 work with /’wɜːkwɪð/
5 specialize in
/ˈspeʃəlaɪzɪn/
2 responsible for /rɪˈspɒnsəblfɔː(r)/ 6 work as /wɜːkəz/
3 consists of /kənˈsɪstsɒv/
7 work in /wɜːkɪn/
4 in charge of /ɪn’tʃɑːdʒɒv/
8 deal with /diːlwɪð/
You could then ask students in pairs to read the complete
sentences in 5 aloud, focusing on correct word stress and
linking. Monitor, and correct their pronunciation where
necessary.
Exercise 6
Tell students to read the sentences in 5 again and match
them to the categories a–d. Remind them that some of the
sentences can refer to more than one category.
Answers
a Job: 6
b Colleagues and clients: 1, 4
c Areas of business: 2, 5, 7
d Workplace activities: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 1 on
page 106 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs to discuss their job. Refer students
to the Tip. Remind them to use the verb phrases from 5.
Monitor, and ask students to self-correct if you hear mistakes
in pronunciation.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work for
a (real) well-known company. You could do this activity as a
further practice exercise in the next lesson and ask students
to research the necessary information (revenue, employees,
etc.) on the Internet.
Exercise 8
Students work individually to create a profile for themselves
and their job for their company website. If students are all
from the same company or haven’t started work, follow
the suggestions in the ‘Pre-work learners’ section in 7. To
provide a model, ask students to quickly read the profiles
in 2 again to give them an idea of what to write. Then either
allow students time to prepare this writing activity or set it as
homework.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 1 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Students in pairs tell each other when and why they have
given a short presentation about themselves and their work
or studies.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine when and
why they would be asked to give a presentation to a group
of people.
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Exercise 2
l 1.1 Before they listen to the conversation, ask students to
read questions 1–6 and think about what sort of information
they are listening for. Then ask them to answer the questions
in pairs.
Answers
1 a training course in online marketing
2 give a short presentation about themselves
3 a medical charity
4 fundraising projects and advertising
5 in Paris
6 She needs to learn about online marketing.
Exercise 3
l 1.1 Ask students to read the sentences and try to
complete them. Let them check their answers with a partner.
Play the conversation again and tell students to complete
the sentences with the missing verbs. Students can check
the answers in pairs and then check with whole-class
feedback.
Answers
2 deal
3 ‘m, running
4 ‘m living, working
5 are, taking
6 advertises
7 are reading, watching
8 don’t know
Exercise 4
As this is the first time students may have done this type
of grammatical analysis, it is probably better to guide the
whole class through the activity rather than work in pairs.
Be aware that this Language point focuses on two areas –
present simple and present continuous, and then adverbs
frequently used with each.
First of all, ask the students to complete explanations a–f in
the first part of the Language point with simple or continuous.
They then match the sentences in 3 to the explanations. Ask
students to read the Tip and then find the adverbs in the
sentences in 3 to complete the second part of the Language
point.
Answers
b continuous – Sentences 3 and 5 e continuous – Sentence 4
c simple – Sentence 1
f simple – Sentence 8
d continuous – Sentence 7
Adverbs of frequency: often, usually
Adverbs of time: currently, today, these days (note that only two
of these answers are required)
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 107 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Answers
1 What are you working on at the moment? / At the moment,
what are you working on?
2 We have offices in over 20 countries.
3 More and more of our customers are ordering our goods
online these days. / These days, more and more of our
customers are ordering our goods online.
4 I’m normally responsible for everyone else’s travel
arrangements. / Normally, I’m responsible for everyone else’s
travel arrangements.
5 We aren’t doing any business in Brazil until we can all speak
Portuguese.
6 Overall, the economic climate is improving.
7 My company is currently trying to increase its trade in China. /
Currently, my company is trying to increase its trade in China.
8 I’m doing this course because I don’t understand Excel
software.
9 Do you often give presentations in your job?
Tell students to think of three or four questions
using the present simple or present continuous to ask
classmates about their normal routines, and what they are
doing now that’s different or temporary. Students then stand
up and move round the room asking their questions. Two
or three can report back what they found out to the whole
class.
EXTENSION
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 1 on
page 107 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Give students time to work individually to prepare their
presentation. If students are all from the same company,
you could suggest they imagine their ideal job. You could
ask students to research real companies on the Internet
and describe a job they have read about. You might like to
provide a model first, describing your own job.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work for
a (real) well-known company. Ask them to think of a job they
would like to do and a project they could be working on. Ask
them to describe these to a partner.
Exercise 7
Students take turns to give their presentations. This can
be done to the whole class or in pairs or small groups. The
person or people listening should take notes on what the
presenter said and ask follow-up questions.
EXTENSION Put the students in new pairs. They should
report to their new partner about their first partner’s
company. Make sure they use the third person forms
correctly. You could then ask two or three students to report
back to the class.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 1 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Tell students to underline the correct tense and add the
adverb in the correct place. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
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Exercise 1
Start by asking students how you show interest when you
listen to someone in different situations, for example, the
sounds you make (if any), body language, eye contact, etc.
Explain that these can be different in different cultures and
ask students if they have noticed any differences themselves.
Exercise 2
l 1.2 Explain that students are going to listen to a
conversation. Before they listen, ask them to guess the
answers. Play the listening and let students compare
answers in pairs before checking answers with the whole
class. Ask students to notice how the listener shows interest
in what the speaker says.
Answers
1 b 2 a 3 c
Exercise 3
l 1.3 Play the listening once. Ask students if they can hear
the sentence stress and the rise and fall in intonation. Then
play the listening again, pausing after each sentence, asking
students to mark the stress. Point out that it is important for
your voice to go up and down in order to show that you are
interested in what someone says.
When showing interest it is normal for the voice to rise and
fall. Write the phrase That sounds interesting. and mark the
stress and intonation.
Exercise 4
If necessary, play the listening again. Tell students that
one important way to show interest is to ask a follow-up
question or find a connection. Ask students what words the
listener uses.
Answers
Exercise 2
l 1.4 Play the extracts from two different conversations
once. Let students compare answers in pairs and then check
with the whole class.
Answers
Luc Akele: Area manager. In charge of sub-Saharan operations.
Oversees projects. Reports to sponsors.
Jo Johansson: Deals with fund applications.
Walter Mayer: Medical donations programme. Handles intergovernmental work. Negotiating.
Exercise 3
l 1.4 Play the listening again and ask students to tick
the person who says each expression. Let them compare
answers in pairs. If necessary, listen again and pause after
each expression to elicit the answer.
Answers
Conversation 1
Hannah
1 I want you to meet …
f
2 Nice to meet you.
f
3 What do you do, exactly?
f
4 I’m afraid I have to go now.
5 It was nice meeting you, too.
f
6 I’d like to keep in contact.
f
7 Do you have a card?
f
Conversation 2
Dr Mayer
8 Let me introduce myself.
9 I’m delighted to meet you.
f
10 Please, call me Walter.
f
12 Here’s my card.
f
Exercise 5
13 Which part of Japan are you
from?
f
Ask students to write five sentences
about their lives, their studies, their hobbies and interests,
their family or friends.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Tell students to discuss the questions with a partner.
Ask students if they ever go to
conferences or meetings with people who have similar
interests. Ask if they think these events are useful or not.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
f
14 It was nice meeting you.
15 I look forward to hearing
from you.
Hiroko
f
11 I’m very pleased to meet
you, too.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Luc
f
1 Suggesting keeping in contact: 3 c
2 Finding a connection: 2 a
3 Asking a question: 1 b
Students work individually to write the sentences. Then
in pairs they say their sentences and their partner reacts,
showing interest and extending the conversation. Monitor
and make sure the students respond using the target
expressions from 2 with the correct intonation and a
technique from 4.
Jo
f
f
Remind students that we use ‘actually’ to mean ‘in fact’ NOT
‘at the moment / right now’. It’s a polite way to correct or
contradict someone:
Which part of Japan are you from? Actually, I’m from Brazil.
EXTENSION To practise the use of actually, ask students to
write three things they know are untrue about their partner.
Students take turns to ask a question or make a statement
about their partner. Their partner has to correct or contradict
them. For example:
A So what’s your position in the Marketing Department?
B Actually, I’m in the Sales Department.
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Exercise 4
Ask students to look at the Key expressions and decide which
are more formal. Then, in pairs, students decide which
conversation from 3 is more formal and say why.
Answers
Conversation 2 is more formal. Expressions such as ‘Let me
introduce myself.’ and ‘I’m delighted to meet you.’ are used
in more formal situations. However, this doesn’t mean that
conversation 1 is informal. It is simply less formal or neutral in
tone.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 1 on
page 106 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Students take turns practising with a partner. You could set
the exercise up by asking for an expression for each stage
of the flow chart. You can use the downloadable business
cards from the teacher resources in the Online practice for
this activity.
Exercise 6
Divide the students into groups of four. Tell them to
introduce their partner to the others in the group. They can
then make a different group of four and introduce each
other again.
ONE-TO-ONE Tell the student to introduce him/herself to
you. If you have time, ask them to imagine a real colleague
and introduce him/her to you as well.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 1 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Task
Exercise 1
Check students understand they can talk about themselves
or choose a person from the role cards on page 136 of the
Student’s Book. You could do a trial run, modelling the activity
for the whole class with information about yourself, covering
the three bullet points.
Exercise 2
Ask students to stand up and begin by introducing
themselves to someone in the class and carrying on the
conversation as instructed. After they have talked for four
minutes, they fill in the table with the person’s information,
score the person they were talking to and give the reason for
their score.
Exercise 3
After a total of five minutes, give a signal or tell students to
move on to another person. Students speak to three people
in total to complete the score card.
ONE-TO-ONE You could take the roles of several different
people at the event, and your student must introduce him/
herself to you over and over again. You could ask him/her to
change roles and introduce him/herself as one of the people
from the role cards on page 136, or do the activity as revision
at the start of the next lesson.
Exercise 4
Finally, each student tells the class about the most useful
contact they made and the reason for their choice.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 1 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Tell students to read the information on Speed networking
and discuss the questions with a partner. Provide wholeclass feedback by asking one or two pairs to report.
Possible answers
Advantages: make a large number of contacts in a very short
time, can choose which contacts to follow up and which not to.
Disadvantages: can become boring to repeat yourself so many
times, can talk to a lot of people who aren’t worth developing as
business contacts.
Exercise 2
Ask students to think of their own job and decide how
useful speed networking would be. Ask them to discuss their
answers with a partner, giving reasons.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss when they
could use speed networking in their lives. How could having
lots of contacts with other people with a similar interest be
useful?
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Work–life balance
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about work–life balance
• use to + infinitive and -ing form to describe how
they work
• say ‘yes’ in different ways
• exchange contact details.
Context
The topic of Work–life balance gives students the
language to describe how their job impacts on their life
and whether they feel they have achieved a good work–
life balance. If anyone works or plans to work in business,
they will need specific vocabulary to describe their job
and how they feel about their working conditions. This
allows people to compare working conditions in different
companies and discuss how they feel their job affects
their family life, leisure time and perhaps even health.
Social interaction in business is crucial for the forging of
good relationships. For a business to be successful, it is
essential to make and keep useful contacts. To do this,
students need to be able to exchange details accurately
and efficiently.
In this unit, students will learn how to describe the terms
and conditions of employment in their jobs and how
they feel about them. They will also have the opportunity
to practise an important social aspect of interaction in
their company and with contacts – saying ‘yes’ when
responding to requests.
The Talking point offers students the opportunity to
develop their fluency by playing a game, Corridor
conversations, using the language from the unit.
Starting point
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues if
they are hesitant: What do you think would be a good work–
life balance? How many hours do you expect to work each
day? Ask the students to discuss the second question with a
partner before whole-class feedback. Encourage students to
develop their answers.
Background information for 2
The USA seems to have one of the highest ‘long-hours’ cultures,
with some employers expecting employees to work every day,
if required. In general, working hours throughout Asia are longer
than those worked in Europe or the USA, while in countries like
India a working week of 50–60 hours is not unusual. Life in Australia
has the reputation for being laid-back, but working hours there
are longer than in Europe and many people don’t take all of their
annual leave.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the question. Do
whole-class feedback.
Possible answers
Because tired workers are generally less efficient and less happy
in their jobs. They may decide to look for a less stressful/tiring
job, so a company might lose essential staff.
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the text quickly. Tell them it is not
necessary to understand all the words, only the general
sense of each section. Provide feedback on answers with the
whole class.
Answers
1 Working hours
2 Holiday
3 Family and health
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the question in pairs. Do whole-class
feedback, with students coming up with reasons.
Possible answers
Good: flexitime, home-working allowed, good holidays
Bad: shorter paternity leave, limited when it can be taken
Exercise 4
Refer students to the Tip. Show them where to find the
answer to the first definition in the text, then ask them to
find the words for the other definitions individually. Let them
compare answers with a partner before doing whole-class
feedback.
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Answers
2 core hours
3 overtime
4 home-working
5 annual leave
6 additional leave
Further practice
7 statutory pay
8 unpaid leave
9 paternity leave
10 full pay
Ask students to say the words aloud and
mark the stress on the compound words. They take turns to
practise in pairs by one student giving a definition and the
other giving the answer. Monitor and correct pronunciation
where necessary.
PRONUNCIATION
Answers
1 flexitime
2 core hours
3 overtime
4 home-working
5 annual leave
6 additional leave
7 statutory pay
8 unpaid leave
9 paternity leave
10 full pay
Exercise 5
Ask students to read the text in 2 again and use the
information to give answers.
Suggested answers
1 Yes, you can start at eight.
2 No, it isn’t. You can’t finish work before four.
3 Not less than 30 minutes.
4 Yes, you get paid for two hours.
5 No, because it’s a public holiday.
6 No. Employees with five years’ service receive an extra
two days.
7 Yes, you can take off two weeks within the first eight
weeks after the birth.
8 Yes, you do.
Working in pairs, students practise by taking
turns to be the manager and employee, giving answers to
the questions.
EXTENSION
Exercise 6
Give students a few minutes to think of answers to the
questions, that are true for their company. Tell them to do
the exercise and then ask one or two pairs to answer the
questions in whole-class feedback.
ALTERNATIVE If all the students work for the same
company, ask them to find information about different (real)
companies from the Internet. Then ask them to work with a
partner who researched a different company to answer the
questions in 5.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work for
a (real) well-known company. They could think up the terms
and conditions for the company.
You could do this activity as a further practice exercise in
the next lesson and ask students to research the necessary
information on a (real) company on the Internet for
homework.
Exercise 7
Get the students to swap roles and practise the questions
and answers in 6. Do whole-class feedback by comparing
answers from different pairs.
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If students need more practice, go to Practice file 2 on
page 108 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 8
l 2.1 Allow students time to study the table. Ask them what
kind of information they need to listen for. You may want
to check students understand time off in lieu before they
listen. Play the listening and ask students to complete the
table. They can then compare notes in pairs before listening
a second time. Check answers with the whole class. Ask
students how similar the terms and conditions are at their
companies.
Answers
What is good about the work–life balance at your company?
Speaker 1: We have time off in lieu – if you work a day at the
weekend, you get an extra day off at other time.
Speaker 2: We have flexible working hours, which helps me feel
like I have a life outside of just working.
What don’t you like about the system?
Speaker 1: No paid overtime.
Speaker 2: One problem with flexitime is that I often work
through lunch and don’t always take a break. So many people
work from home on different days it makes it very difficult to
organize project meetings, as there is always somebody not in
the office.
What would you change about it?
Speaker 1: They should pay us for working late or give us extra
time off.
Speaker 2: The company could tell us to take an hour off at
lunchtime. I think we need some core days in the week when
everybody is in the office for meetings.
Exercise 9
Students work in pairs. Monitor and ask students to selfcorrect if you hear mistakes in pronunciation.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to compare the speakers’
responses and decide if they would like to work for either
company. Ask them to give reasons for their answer.
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Write the words employer, employee and employ on the
board and point out that they are all from the same ‘word
family’. Students look up the words in a good monolingual
dictionary. Ask them how the part of speech is indicated
in the dictionary, i.e. Is it a verb, adjective or noun? How is
the main stress on the word indicated? What examples are
given for each word? (N.B. the answers will depend on the
particular dictionary they use.) Then ask them to search in
the dictionary for other words in the same family as work.
Possible answers
employ (v), employer (n), employee (n), employment (n),
employed (adj), unemployed (adj), under-employed (adj),
work (v), worker (n), home-working (n), workplace (n), work
experience (n), work-related (adj), overworked (adj), hardworking (adj)
Photocopiable worksheet
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Language at work
Answers
Exercise 1
Students individually complete the quiz and add up their
score.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Either write these new statements
on the board or dictate them. Tell students to score the
statements as instructed in the quiz:
2 I never think about spending extra time studying at the
weekend.
3 This year I don’t intend to work during the college
holidays.
4 I always organize my study schedule to make sure I have
free time in the evening.
1 f
2 f
3 What percentage of your time consists of working in teams
and what percentage on your own?
4 f
5 Do you plan to take unpaid leave at any time in the next three
years?
6 f
7 Would you like to manage your own working hours?
8 If you had flexitime, would you decide to start work earlier or
later in the day?
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 2 on page
109 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 2
Exercise 6
In pairs, students discuss their scores to decide if they agree
with the results and compare answers to see if their ideas of
a good work–life balance are similar.
In pairs, students ask and answer the questions in 5 about
their own working hours. Tell them to give reasons for their
answers.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about their own
answers and decide whether they think they have a good
study–life balance. Ask them to think of one way they could
improve it. They can then compare their answers with a
partner.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to prepare their own
answers to the questions in 5 about a company they know,
an imaginary company, or about their present situation.
Then they can do the exercise in pairs.
Exercise 7
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the sentences in 1 again, looking at the
verb forms in bold. Then ask them to complete the Language
point, choosing the correct words in italics and writing the
relevant sentence number.
Students then compare answers in pairs, before whole-class
feedback. Highlight the patterns for each category.
Answers
a to + infinitive 5
b the -ing form 2
c to + infinitive 4
d The -ing form 1
e To + infinitive 3
Exercise 4
Ask students to look at the information in the Language
point, and answer the question in pairs. Give feedback on
answers with the whole class, eliciting why students’ answers
are not correct if they choose the wrong option.
Answers
to + infinitive: want, agree, it’s difficult, would like, plan, I’m
pleased, decide
the -ing form: responsible for, look forward to, involve, interested
in, enjoy
Ask students to work individually to write three questions
for the survey. Then, in pairs, they take turns to ask their
questions.
Possible answers
1 Do you plan to take all your annual leave this year?
2 Is it difficult for you to take a full hour for your lunch every
day?
3 Do you like working in a big office?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to write three questions
about their studies. Tell them to work with a partner to ask
and answer their questions.
Possible answers
1 Is it difficult for you to organize a study schedule? Why/Why
not?
2 Do you like revising on your own, or discussing questions
with other students?
3 What do you plan to do during the college holiday: work, take
a holiday or study?
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 2 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
You could ask students to choose four or five of
the verbs and phrases and give an example of each that is
true for themselves for practice.
EXTENSION
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 109 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Refer students to the Tip and ask them to read the questions
to decide if the verb patterns in italics are correct or not. In
pairs, they can compare answers and correct any that are
wrong. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
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Practically speaking
Business communication
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
Start by asking students if they feel they always have to
say ‘yes’ when their boss or colleagues ask them to do
something at work. Have they ever said ‘yes’ when they really
wanted to say ‘no’? Ask them why it’s sometimes difficult
to say ‘no’ to certain people. Ask them to think of situations
where they have found it hard or impossible to say ‘no’.
Ask students to tick the information they keep about work
contacts.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss the questions
below, and give real life examples if possible. Ask them to
give reasons for their answers.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about the social
media platforms they are on. Ask them to look at the list and
say what information they and their contacts have in their
profiles. Ask them if there is any information they decided
not to put in their profile and ask them to give reasons.
When a friend or classmate asks you to do something for them,
do you always say yes?
When your teacher asks you to do extra work, or give extra help
in class, do you always say yes?
Is it more difficult to say no to your teacher or your friend/
classmate?
Exercise 2
l 2.2 Explain that students are going to listen to four
conversations where someone is making a request. Play the
listening and let students compare answers in pairs before
checking answers with the whole class.
Answers
Conversation 1: b
Conversation 2: d
Conversation 3: a
Conversation 4: c
Exercise 3
l 2.2 Ask students if they can remember any of the ways
the speakers said ‘yes’. Then play the listening again for
students to match the answers 1–4 to the requests a–d.
Check answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 b 2 c 3 a 4 d
Exercise 4
Elicit the answer from the whole class. Ask students who
they think they can/can’t use this answer with.
Answer
Yes, I suppose so.
Perhaps don’t use it with your manager.
PRONUNCIATION Ask students to listen to the responses
again and notice the difference in intonation between the
positive answers and the less positive one. Ask students to
practise saying the sentences.
Exercise 5
Students take turns to be the manager/colleague making
the request and the colleague saying ‘yes’ in each of the
situations. Monitor and make sure the students respond
using the target expressions in 3 with the correct intonation.
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Possible answers
email, website, mobile number, picture, work address, office
number. others: working hours in the office / at home
Exercise 2
Students discuss the answer in pairs and then check with
the whole class.
Possible answer
Not very difficult. It can be organized on our phones/computers
for us.
Exercise 3
l 2.3 Ask students to read the headings and decide what
information they are listening for. Play the conversation and
ask students to complete the information. Let them compare
answers in pairs. If necessary, play the listening again.
Answers
Name: Leif Gunnarson
Office: 0046 967 55 6745
Email: leif.gunnarson@sbnshipping.se
Company website: www.SBNshipping.se/sales
Exercise 4
l 2.3 Students work in pairs. Give them time to do the
matching exercise, then play the conversation again to
check.
Answers
1 g 2 h 3 b 4 e 5 d 6 a 7 f 8 c
Tell students that when they need to check or clarify details
such as spelling and numbers, they should stress the
difference.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 2 on
page 108 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Students prepare for 6 individually. You can use the
downloadable business cards from the teacher resources
in the Online practice for this exercise. Monitor, checking
students have written the information correctly and
checking pronunciation for spelling.
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PRONUNCIATION Students may need to revise how to
pronounce the letters in the English alphabet. Put the
phonetic symbols on the board and get the students to
decide which sounds the letters go under.
/eɪ/
/iː/
/e/
/aɪ/
/əʊ/
/uː/
/ɑː/
a
b
f
i
o
q
r
h
c
l
y
j
d
m
k
e
n
g
s
p
x
t
z (UK)
u
w
v
z (US)
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work in a
(real) well-known company and to give the information for
someone who works there.
Exercise 6
Ask students to take turns to ask for and give details using
the prompts. Monitor and check the information is correct.
Suggested answers
1 Can I have / Can you tell me your last name?
2 What’s your/his/her number?
3 Could you give me your/his/her email?
4 Do you have the company web address?
Exercise 7
Refer students to the Key expressions for language to help
them with the task. Students work in pairs, A and B. Student
A turns to page 137, and B to page 142. Students can then
practise the conversations with the information on their
pages.
Possible answers
2 Do you like working in a team? / Do you like working alone?
3 Hello. What’s your name?
4 Is your phone number 07789925566 or 07789926655?
5 In your job, is it difficult to take time off?
7 Next year, do you plan to take any unpaid leave?
8 What do you enjoy doing in your leisure time?
9 How often do you travel abroad for work?
11 What does your department deal with?
12 What are your main responsibilities?
13 Can you give me your mobile number?
14 Tell me about your job.
15 Can I just check your email address? Is it …?
16 Can I have your company website address?
17 Do you like football? Do you support a team?
19 Sorry, I didn’t catch that. How do you spell your name?
ONE-TO-ONE To make sure that the student gets the
maximum practice in the language in the game, give him/
her the chance to answer first each time. If he/she answers
correctly on his/her turn, he/she proceeds as per the normal
rules. If he/she answers correctly on your turn, you must stay
in the same place.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Write the following on the board for
students to refer to when they get to the relevant squares:
5 In your studies, is it difficult to …?
11 Ask another player about his/her favourite subject.
12 Ask another player about the job he/she plans to do.
14 Move to the nearest player’s square. Ask him/her to
describe his/her ideal job.
16 Move to the nearest player’s square. Ask for and check
the web address of a well-known company from his/her
country.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 2 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 2 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
The objective of this game is to practise the language for this
unit in a light-hearted context. Make sure you have a dice for
each group and counters for each student.
Check students understand both the rules and the
navigation of the game. You could do a trial run of one or
two ‘goes’ with the whole class. Monitor during the game,
checking the instructions are being followed correctly. Help
with answers and pronunciation if necessary.
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Projects
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about projects
• talk about the progress of a project using the present
perfect and past simple
• give short answers
• update and delegate tasks.
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues
if they are hesitant: What do you need to do before starting a
project? Should you do anything while the project is in progress?
What would be useful to do after a project? The second and
third questions can be done with the whole class or in pairs
before whole-class feedback. Encourage students to develop
their answers.
Context
The topic of Projects gives students the language to
describe the stages and progress of a project, working
in a team. It is clear that the initial planning stage of
any project is vital, and that effective planning means a
smooth running project. Not only is it important to plan
carefully, but it is also essential to think about possible
scenarios where the project does not run to the initial
plan, for whatever reason, and where effective changes
need to be made quickly and efficiently. Correct use of the
tenses in the unit make clear which stages are complete
and which are still in progress.
Social interaction between colleagues is crucial for
effective teamwork in both formal and informal situations.
Cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings if
colleagues do not use the appropriate expressions,
and inadvertently sounding rude or abrupt may cause
preventable problems within the team.
In this unit students will learn how to describe setting
up, organizing and staging a project. They will have the
opportunity to practise an important aspect of personal
interaction in a team – responding with short answers
using auxiliary verbs. They will also practise updating and
delegating tasks.
In the Talking point, students have the opportunity to
give a presentation on the planning of an event and give
alternatives for different scenarios.
Possible answers
1 Make sure the project is well-organized – spend time
planning by working out the stages and timings, and
resourcing the project efficiently. Set up the team, making
sure everyone knows what they should be doing. Have
regular updates to check each stage is progressing on
schedule.
Ask students how they go about
organizing a study assignment or project. How do they find
out the information they need for the topic? What do they
do before they start writing? How do they plan each stage?
How do they make sure they hit the deadline? Ask them
to think of the last big assignment or project they did and
evaluate how successfully they tackled it and what they can
improve on.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Working with words
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Elicit
from the students what they know about any charities and
how they work with companies. Make sure they understand
to volunteer / a volunteer / volunteerism. Some information
they may come up with:
• different types of charities – medical, social, educational,
international, national, local
• how charities raise money – donations, events
• who might need help from charities – those in poverty,
those displaced due to a natural disaster
• how many people work for them / volunteer for them.
Exercise 2
Ask students to read sentences 1–4 and then the article. Tell
students it’s not necessary to understand all the words, only
the general sense. Provide feedback on answers with the
whole class.
Answers
1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F
Exercise 3
Ask students to compare answers in small groups. After the
group work, provide feedback with the whole class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about a (real)
company they know of whose staff take part in volunteer
projects. If they don’t know of one, they could suggest
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how one or two well-known companies could set some
projects up.
Exercise 4
You could check the first answer with the whole class
and then ask students to complete the other sentences
individually. Let them compare answers with a partner
before doing whole-class feedback.
Answers
2 budget
3 teamwork
4 updates
5 deadline
6 objectives
7 milestone
8 resources
l 3.1 Ask students to quickly read the answers in 4 again.
Then play the listening and ask them to answer the
questions. If necessary, play the listening again for them
to note what Samira said about each part of the project.
Students compare answers in pairs before whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1
deadline schedule resources budget teamwork updates
2
(deadline): the end of the week
(schedule): they fell behind schedule because of the holiday
(resources): at first it was hard to know how to allocate these
(budget): she has stayed within it
(teamwork): it’s essential
(update): she gets updates every two days
Exercise 6
l 3.1 Ask students to try to complete the phrases from
memory. Play the listening again for them to check.
1 meet
2 behind
3 up
4 on
5 ahead of
2 They are currently over budget but need to stay on budget.
3 The project lacks resources. The manager needs to allocate
resources and delegate tasks to other people.
4 The manager needs to improve communication by getting
regular updates from the team.
Check students’ understanding of in time / on
time in the Tip by asking them the following questions. What
time do you start work? Are you always on time? When was the
last time you took a flight? Did you arrive at the airport in time to
do some shopping before checking in?
EXTENSION
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Exercise 5
Answers
Possible answers
6 allocate
7 within
8 delegate
9 on
10 get
Exercise 7
Tell students to cover the phrases in column A in 6. Working
with a partner, they take turns to test them using the
definitions in column B. Monitor, checking their answers and
pronunciation.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 3 on
page 110 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 8
Give students time to read the problems and think about
solutions. Refer them to the Tip. Ask them to come up with
at least one solution for each problem, with a partner. They
can then compare their answers with another pair’s and
decide which is best. Check answers with the whole class.
Write schedule on the board. Ask students to think of
words that go with schedule, for example, be on schedule,
fall/be behind schedule, get back on schedule, keep to
schedule, have a busy schedule, etc. Ask students to find
at least two collocations in their dictionaries for the
following: budget, deadline, track, update.
Answers
be on / go over budget, meet/miss a deadline, be on track /
keep track of something, ask for / have a regular update
Exercise 9
Students work individually initially, making notes on each
prompt. Then they take turns describing their project. The
student listening can ask questions to clarify any plans,
possible problems, etc. Monitor and ask students to selfcorrect if you hear mistakes in pronunciation.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work
for a (real) well-known company and think of a project.
You could do this activity as a further practice exercise in
the next lesson and ask them to research the necessary
information (plans for future developments, how these are
organized, etc.) on the Internet.
Photocopiable worksheet
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the chart. Make sure they understand
what it shows. You may need to check vocabulary,
equipment, supplier, collate, install, and the abbreviation,
depts., in the ‘Stage’ column.
Possible answer
It gives information about what each stage is and when it should
be completed.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students: How do you work out
your own schedules and timetables for assignments and other
work? Do you use a chart or other type of notes? Check if you do
something similar to other learners.
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Exercise 2
Exercise 6
l 3.2 Explain the situation and ask students to read the
questions. Play the listening. Students compare answers in
pairs and then do whole-class feedback.
Students work in pairs and ask and answer questions about
this schedule for an office relocation project. They should
use the past simple, present perfect and adverbs (already,
just, yet) in their questions and answers.
Answers
1 To get an update on the project and check all the deadlines
so far.
2 Stages 1, 2, 4 and 5
3 Week 4. Evidence from the audio script: ‘[Marketing and IT]
have had three weeks to decide [in equipment costings]’
(= end of week 3 / beginning of week 4); ‘I’ve already received
[the feedback] … everyone replied before the deadline [of
week 4]’ (=beginning of week 4)
Exercise 3
l 3.2 Ask students to read the sentences. Play the listening
again. Students compare answers in pairs and then do
whole-class feedback.
Answers
Refer students to the Tip. Ask them to read the answers in
3 and do a and b in the Language point. Then ask them to
read sentences 1–3 and complete the explanations with the
adverbs in bold in the example sentences. Get feedback on
answers with the whole class, eliciting why students’ answers
are not correct if they choose the wrong option.
Answers
a 1, 3
b 2, 4
1 just
2 yet
3 already
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 111 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
l 3.3 Ask students to read the conversation and decide
which verb form to use and which adverb is correct. Tell
students to look at the chart in 1 to remind them of the
stages and dates on the project management chart. Play
the listening once for students to check their answers. When
students have compared answers in pairs, do whole-class
feedback, eliciting why students’ answers are not correct if
they choose the wrong option.
Further practice
5 Did, deliver
6 ’ve unpacked
7 already
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 3 on
page 111 of the Student’s Book.
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Students work in pairs and tell each other about a particular
project they are working on, explaining each stage and what
has already been done or hasn’t been done yet.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they are
working on a particular project for a (real) well-known
company. Give them time to think about the different stages
and what has or hasn’t been done.
Check students understand what a collocation is: a
group of words that frequently appear together. Learning
vocabulary as collocations helps students express ideas
more accurately.
Exercise 4
1 Has, arrived
2 yet
3 just
4 left
Exercise 7
DICTIONARY SKILLS
1 ‘ve agreed
2 Did you place
3 Has anyone given
4 replied
Answers
Change pairs and ask students to change the
‘Done?’ column so different things are done or not done, and
give different ‘Additional information’. Then students do the
exercise again.
EXTENSION
Write the phrases meet the deadline, fall behind schedule,
get on with a task on the board and ask students to
check in their dictionaries which other words go with
the nouns: deadline, schedule, task to form common verb
+ noun collocations. The answers will vary according to
the dictionary they use, but the following are common
collocations:
miss the deadline, work to a deadline, set a deadline, extend
a deadline
have a schedule, stick to a schedule, work to a schedule
complete a task, set a task, carry out a task, give someone
a task
Remind students that they should always record
collocations as expressions and not as single words.
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Start by asking students questions and telling them they
can only give you short answers, for example, Did you send
the email yesterday? Yes, I did. Have you finished working out
the costings? No, I haven’t. Tell students to read the Tip and
remind them we don’t normally answer Yes/No questions
with one-word answers, as it sounds rude or abrupt, and
tends to stop the flow of the conversation. We generally add
an auxiliary verb or short expression. Ask students to match
the questions to the short answers.
Answers
1 d 2 a 3 c 4 b
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Exercise 2
l 3.4 Explain that students are going to listen to the
questions and answers with sentences which carry on the
conversation. Ask the students to add the sentences to
the short answers in 1. Play the listening and let students
compare answers in pairs before checking answers with the
whole class.
Answers
1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a
EXTENSION Ask students to practise the conversations,
focusing on the intonation. Monitor and correct intonation
as necessary.
Exercise 3
Ask students to decide what each of the extra sentences in 2
is adding to the answers.
Answers
a 3 b 4 c 1 d 2
PRONUNCIATION When we use auxiliary verbs in questions,
we use the weak form. In short answers, we use the strong
form.
have
Have you checked the dates on the chart? /(h)əv/ (weak)
Yes, I have. I checked it yesterday before the meeting. / hæv/
(strong)
Other common auxiliary verbs that have weak and strong
forms are: am, are, do, does, has, can.
Ask students to ask each other questions, and answer, using
strong and weak forms.
Exercise 4
Give students time to write three questions individually.
Ask students to work with a partner, taking turns to ask and
answer the questions. They answer with short answers and
add more information, for example, making a promise or
giving an update.
Monitor and make sure the students respond using
the target expressions in 1 and 2 and with the correct
pronunciation.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Discuss the questions briefly with the whole class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students how often they have
to attend academic meetings. What is discussed in these
meetings? How important are the meetings for the
students? Do they attend meetings for sports clubs or
teams? What happens at these meetings?
Exercise 2
l 3.5 Ask students to look at the notes and think about
the information they need to listen for. Make sure students
understand recruit, recruitment and induction. Remind
students that these are Ramon’s notes, so the answers are
from his point of view, and not simply exactly what they
hear. Play the listening. Let students compare answers in
pairs and then check with the whole class.
Answers
2 next week
3 someone to help her do the interviews
4 do the interviews with Sue
6 the week after next
7 Sue (and Ramon) away on holiday + Eloise can’t do it
8 Derek to do the induction training
Exercise 3
l 3.5 Ask students to look at the expressions before
they listen. Play the listening again. Students number the
expressions and compare answers in pairs. If necessary, play
the listening again and pause after each sentence to elicit
the answer.
Answers
8 Sorry, but I’ve never run induction training before.
11 Eloise is going to interview with Sue.
2 Is that something you can help with?
10 Let’s check we all know what we’re doing.
5 What’s happening with that?
7 Can anyone else help you?
4 I’d like you to help if possible.
9 Would you like to help with that?
3 Yes, no problem.
6 I’d do it, but I’m away as well that week.
Exercise 4
Students work in groups of three. They are having a meeting
to organize a visit to their company from ten business
students on the 23rd of the month. They need to organize
three tasks, following the flow chart. Refer students to the
Key expressions to help them carry out the tasks. Student
A is running the meeting. When they have completed the
three tasks, Student A sums up the action plan, making sure
Students B and C know exactly what they have to do.
Have the meeting with the student to discuss
the visit using the prompts below. The teacher can take the
role of either A or B:
ONE-TO-ONE
A Give an update of the time and place of the students’ visit
and ask B to book a room for the talk (task 1).
B Agree to do task 1 and ask A to get the name badges
(task 2).
A Say you can’t do task 2 and give a reason. Ask B to do it.
B Agree to do task 2 and ask A to organize the refreshments
(task 3).
A Agree to do task 3. Sum up the action plan.
Swap roles and repeat.
Exercise 5
Students practise in pairs. Student A turns to page 137, and
B to page 142. Set the activity up either as a phone call or a
meeting. Tell students to do the task as instructed. Monitor
and make sure the students are clear on what tasks they
have to do at the end of the exercise and that they are using
the language from the Key expressions.
ONE-TO-ONE Make sure the student gets to ask some
of the questions and not just play a passive role in the
conversation. You could sit back to back with the student if
you choose a phone call, so he/she really has to concentrate
on listening to the instructions.
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Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 3 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Check students understand what scenario planning is.
If they don’t, ask them some What if …? questions, for
example, What if you miss your bus/train home? What if your
car breaks down on the way home? They can then come up
with suggestions for what they might do. Tell students to
read the information on Scenario planning and answer these
questions: Why does a huge multinational company like Royal
Dutch Shell have a Plan B? How can a company develop its
Plan B?
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the question with a partner.
Possible answer
It is very important because the company has considered several
possible outcomes and can react accordingly. It is therefore
more flexible and there are fewer unforeseen problems.
Exercise 2
Ask students to think about a plan and think of three or four
things that could go wrong in short and long-term planning.
Possible answers
Exercise 2
The group makes notes on the Plan A, making a basic
schedule/chart for the stages of the plan.
Exercise 3
Once Plan A is clear and there is a schedule, then the group
starts scenario planning, asking What if …? for each of the
stages and coming up with an alternative to make sure the
event runs smoothly.
Exercise 4
The group then organizes a presentation of the Plan A,
including the Plan B scenarios, to the rest of the class. All
of the group should take part in the presentation, so each
member presents a section of the plans. The group should
be prepared to answer questions on its plans and scenarios.
The class listens and asks questions at the end of each
presentation. At the end of the presentations, the class can
decide which scenarios they think will work best.
The student plans the presentation and gives
it to you. You ask questions to check he/she has thought of
various scenarios, and their solutions. You should then ask
some What if …? questions to give him/her more practice.
For example, What if the … stage is running late? What effect
will this have? Can you think of any ideas on how to get it back
on track again?
ONE-TO-ONE
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 3 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
strategic: financial situation of the company changes,
government regulations change, new technology makes their
technology obsolete
operational: missing deadlines, people involved do not
complete the jobs on time, materials may not arrive at the right
time or in the right place for each stage
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they are
working for a (real) well-known company. Give them time to
think about the different stages in a project and what may
not have been completed as scheduled.
Task
Exercise 1
Students work in groups. Ask them to decide what sort of
company they work for. They have to prepare a Plan A and
then a Plan B for a special day of events to celebrate an
anniversary. Tell them to decide on the details for the event,
for example, What is the special anniversary? What events are
appropriate for the company and this anniversary? Who will
come to the celebration? Are there any formal events? If so, what
are they and who is involved?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine that their
university/college is having a special anniversary, for
example it was founded 100 years ago. Ask them to prepare
a Plan A and Plan B for a special day of celebrations.
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Viewpoint 1
Preview
EXTRA ACTIVITY
The topic of this Viewpoint is Sharing a workspace. In this
Viewpoint, students begin by watching and discussing
a video of three people talking about things they share
with other people in their work, for example, shared desks,
printers, etc. Students then watch and discuss a video
about the HUB – a shared workspace in Islington, London.
Finally, the students do a task which involves deciding
whether the HUB would be a good place to work.
Exercise 1
Allow students time to look at the list. Check they
understand the meaning of sharing in this context (you
could use ‘hot-desking’ as an example). Then ask students to
discuss the list with a partner.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about their
college or university. Ask them to tell their partner which of
these facilities they share with other people. Don’t let them
discuss how they feel about it yet, as that comes up later.
• transport to and from college/university
• classrooms
• a library
• desks
• photocopying and stationery
• computer access
• the course
• anything else?
Exercise 2
r 01 Make sure the students look at the questions in the
table to check exactly what they are listening for before
watching the video. Play the video and ask students to
take notes. If necessary, pause after each speaker to allow
writing time.
Answers
What do
they share?
Are there any advantages or
disadvantages?
Office, laptop,
printer,
kitchen
+ Nice to be with other people
– Everybody has different idea
of comfort
Speaker 2
Tools
+ Cost and space, respect
Speaker 3
(office) Space
+ Colleagues know what
you are working on, so helps
decision making and problem
solving
– Can be extremely distracting
Speaker 1
You could spend some time here on helping students
take notes efficiently. Firstly, ask students to read the
questions carefully and decide which words are the key
words, and what information they should listen for: What/
share? Advantages/disadvantages?
Then tell them not to try to write down every word but
to listen for key words in the answers. Explain how to
recognize these – key words are usually a little longer,
louder and even have higher intonation, as they are the
stressed words. Give students one or two sentences as
examples:
I work in an open-plan office. I share my desk with two
people.
Remind them that sometimes they will not hear the exact
words from the questions in the answers; the person
answering the question may use synonyms, or paraphrase
the question, for example:
An advantage is that we work in an open-plan office. = One
good thing is that where we work is light and airy.
Exercise 3
Ask the students to discuss the questions in pairs. You could
have whole-class feedback by asking one or two pairs for
their ideas.
Exercise 4
Ask students to look at the pictures of the HUB and discuss
with a partner what they think is happening. Where could the
people be? What could they be doing? Have the students ever
experienced working or studying in a similar situation? Ask
them if they know what hub means (the central and most
important part of a particular place or activity). You could
draw a wheel with a hub and spokes to show them where
the word hub comes from.
Tell students they are going to watch a video about sharing
a workspace and that the words and phrases in 4 are from
the video. Tell them to work with a partner and match the
words and phrases 1–7 to the definitions a–g. Check answers
as a whole class.
Answers
1 c 2 g 3 e 4 a 5 b 6 f 7 d
PRONUNCIATION Check pronunciation of phrases 1–7 with
students. Ask them to mark the word stress and practise
saying them with a partner.
Answers
diverse background, sectors, campaigners go crazy with
loneliness, perspective, resources, a global network
Exercise 5
r 02 Tell students to read A–E carefully and decide what
key words they are listening for, for example location = place
where, it’s in …, etc. Then play the video, telling students to
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number A–E in the correct order 1–5. Students compare
answers with a partner. Then check answers as a whole class.
Answers
A 1 B 5 C 4 D 3 E 2
VIDEO SCRIPT
This building is the HUB. It’s in Islington, in north London. The HUB
is a work-space for lots of different people. Most people at the HUB
are self-employed with small businesses.
Some people also work for the HUB. Anna Levy has worked here for
about three years. She’s a host and she’s responsible for helping the
people who use the HUB.
What sort of people use the HUB?
There’s all sorts, people from very, very diverse backgrounds, different
kinds of, of skills and experience and sectors. So, from media, we have
web design, consultants of various sorts, and campaigners – people
from lots of different backgrounds.
Lots of people come to the HUB because they don’t want to work
from home. It’s a good place for meeting other people and sharing
information and ideas. They can also share office equipment which
is expensive to buy.
Do you think working at the HUB is better than working from
home?
It’s a million times better than working from home. For a start, it’s a
lot more sociable, so a lot of people that come to The HUB have been
working at home for maybe one or two years, and they’re going crazy
with loneliness, and they have nobody to share ideas with. And so, just
from the perspective, from the social perspective, it’s, it’s a lot better.
What office equipment can users of the HUB share?
They also have access to, to resources that you, you wouldn’t have at
home, so, like a printer and things like that, and scanner, and mailbox,
and the sort of thing that you need when you start a business, and the
sort of thing that you’re used to having in a traditional office.
The HUB in Islington is very popular, and there are four more HUBs
in London. The idea of the HUB is also growing around the world.
At the moment, there are over 30 HUBs on five continents, with
over 5,000 members. It’s a global network of individual people
who enjoy working together, and who can see the advantages of
sharing a work-space, different ideas and experiences with others.
Exercise 6
Answers
1 F (Most people at the HUB are self-employed with small
businesses.)
2 T (Anna Levy has worked here for about three years.)
3 F (There’s all sorts, people from very, very diverse
backgrounds, different kinds of skills and experience and
sectors.)
4 T (It’s a good place for meeting other people and sharing
information and ideas. / It’s a lot more sociable.)
5 T (They also have access to, to resources that you, you
wouldn’t have at home.)
6 F (The HUB in Islington is very popular, and there are four
more HUBs in London. The idea of the HUB is also growing
around the world. At the moment, there are over 30 HUBs in
five continents.)
7 T (At the moment, there are over 30 HUBs in five continents,
with over 5,000 members.)
Exercise 8
Ask students to discuss the question in small groups. Tell
them to look at the picture and describe how they might
feel about working there.
Exercise 9
Students work with a partner. Ask them to read the
instructions for either Student A or Student B and prepare
what they are going to say.
ONE-TO-ONE Tell the student that his/her company is
looking into the possibility of having a shared workspace
in the main office. Ask him/her to prepare a presentation
to you, as the CEO, on the reasons for adopting this style
of working or not, what advantages it could have for the
company, and what disadvantages there might be. He/she
should also be prepared to answer some questions from the
CEO.
When he/she has given the presentation, have four or five
questions to ask. After the presentation and questions, ask
him/her to decide how useful/relevant this sort of shared
workspace would be for his/her actual company.
Exercise 10
Students work with a partner. Ask them to read the
sentences and decide if they are true or false. Ask them to
give reasons for their answers and, if they can remember, to
give the true answers to the false sentences.
In their pairs, Students A and B have the conversation. When
they have finished, they can decide whether they think the
HUB is a good place for Student B to work and give their
reasons.
Exercise 7
Exercise 11
r 02 Play the video again for students to check their
answers, making sure they listen closely and write down the
relevant words and phrases. Stop the video and check the
words and phrases used where relevant.
Students change partners and swap roles and repeat the
conversation, deciding whether the HUB is a good place for
Student A to work and giving their reasons.
Give whole-class feedback by checking what each group
came up with. You could have a vote to see what the class
thinks of sharing workspace as a whole.
Further video ideas
You can find a list of suggested ideas for how to use video in
the class in the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Services & systems
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about services and systems
• make comparisons
• talk about approximate numbers
• talk about features and benefits.
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues
if they are hesitant: How do you usually get cash, pay bills, buy
things, etc.? Where do you keep your work on your computer?
How do you get your news? The second and third questions
can be done with the whole class or in pairs before wholeclass feedback. Encourage students to develop their
answers.
Context
Ask students to discuss these prompts
for question 3 in small groups and then report back to the
class. Do you have any experience of using online services?
Which companies do you think give a good service? Do you
have any experience of poor service? If so, give an example.
The topic of Services & systems gives students the
language to describe the technical services and systems
within a company. A successful twenty-first century
company cannot afford to fall behind in technology and
must keep up with the latest developments. It is not only
essential to keep up with developments, but also to be
able to evaluate new systems and services and decide on
their relevance to the company. To do this, students cover
the language needed to compare and contrast what they
are evaluating.
It is important to be able to use approximate numbers
when evaluating. Students will describe graphs and tables
using approximation expressions. They will also describe
particular features and assess their benefits.
In this unit, students will learn how to describe technical
services and systems, assessing the main benefits to their
company and their own workload. They will have the
opportunity to practise discussing and questioning the
benefits of new systems.
In the Talking point, the students will discuss a staff
evaluation system and stack ranking, and role-play a
meeting between managers and employees, discussing
the system and proposing ways to improve employee
performance. They will present the outcome of the
meeting.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the apps they
have on various devices, mobile phones, tablets, laptops,
etc. Ask students to discuss, in pairs, how they use them and
compare their ideas. Ask one or two pairs to share their ideas
in whole-class feedback.
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the questions and then the reviews. Tell
students it’s not necessary to understand all the words, only
the general sense. Provide feedback on answers with the
whole class.
Answers
a
b
App 1
can book a taxi,
reduces waiting time,
uses GPS to find a
driver, it’s safe, no cash
is involved
perhaps a person who
travels a lot and needs
to get round cities
quickly
App 2
easier for scheduling
meetings with lots of
people, no excuses for
being late
people who have
lots of meetings with
people in different
departments
App 3
keeps track of
investments, follows
any stock market,
provides clear
infographics
investors on the move
Exercise 3
Ask students to compare answers to the questions in small
groups. If students don’t use apps like these, ask them to
think of specific situations where they could be useful, or to
think of apps that would be useful to them. After the group
work, provide feedback with the whole class.
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Exercise 4
You could check the first answer with the whole class
and then ask students to complete the other answers
individually. Let them compare answers with a partner
before doing whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 user-friendly
2 accurate
3 secure
4 high-quality
5 handy
6 up-to-date
7 efficient
PRONUNCIATION Ask students to mark the stress on the
words from 4. Students can then practise in pairs by
covering the answers in 4. Student A gives Student B the
opposite adjective, and Student B answers with the correct
adjective. They then swap roles.
Monitor, checking students are stressing the right syllables.
Answers
user-friendly
accurate
secure
high-quality
handy
up-to-date
efficient
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
1
System for
booking a
meeting room
Passport control
Childcare services
2
Yes, because
it’s quite
well-designed
though it isn’t
always accurate.
No, because
the machine
wouldn’t
recognize the
passport.
Yes, because
it’s friendly and
secure and allows
you to keep
working full-time.
Exercise 8
Refer students to the Tip. Let students read the sentences
and decide which verbs are correct. They can then compare
their answers with another pair’s and decide on the
sentences where both verbs are possible. Check answers
with the whole class.
4 lets / helps
5 enables / allows
Further practice
You could check the first answer with the whole class and
then ask them to complete the other sentences individually.
Let them compare answers with a partner before doing
whole-class feedback.
5 time-consuming
6 difficult to use
7 accurate
Exercise 6
Ask students to work in pairs and use the adjectives in 4 to
describe the services and systems. Check the answers in
whole-class feedback. Ask students to give real life examples
if they can.
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 4 on
page 112 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 9
Students work individually initially, making notes on three
more services and systems that make their working or
personal lives easier. Then they take turns to describe their
services and systems to a partner. You could ask students
to decide which two services or systems they think are the
most effective.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about three
more services and systems which would make their school
or college life and/or personal life easier. They can compare
ideas with two or three other students, and then come up
with a list of the three best services and systems to make
their college life and/or personal life easier.
Ask each student to prepare a 30-second
presentation on one of their services or systems to the class.
In that time, they have to convince everyone to make use of
it. The class can vote on whether they would use it.
EXTENSION
Possible answers
Photocopiable worksheet
Online banking: secure, user-friendly, up-to-date
System for booking a meeting room at work: efficient/timeconsuming
Passport control at an airport: time-consuming/efficient
A child care service for working parents: handy, secure
Language at work
Exercise 7
l 4.1 Tell students they are going to listen to three people
talking about a service or system from 6. Ask them to read
the questions in the table and decide what information
they should listen for. Tell them to make notes. Play the
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Speaker 1
1 makes it easier
2 lets
3 allows
Exercise 5
1 efficient
2 up-to-date
3 secure
4 user-friendly
Answers
Answers
ONE-TO-ONE You read the opposite adjectives for the
student to practise.
Answers
listening. Let them compare answers with a partner, then get
feedback from the whole class.
Download and photocopy Unit 4 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs. Ask one or
two pairs to give feedback to the whole class.
Ask students about the online services
they use for studying. What types of software programmes
do they use for their studies and for their personal things?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
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What other online systems do they use regularly? Which do
they find most useful?
Exercise 6
Explain the situation and ask students to read the sentences.
Ask students to complete the sentences and then compare
answers in pairs. Then do whole-class feedback.
Elicit quickly the difference between an adjective and an
adverb. If necessary, give an example of each: It is easier to use
the new system. (adj.) You can find the information more easily.
(adv.) Refer students to the Tip. Students work in pairs. Check
with whole-class feedback, eliciting why answers are not
correct, if necessary.
Answers
Answers
Exercise 2
1 more accurate
2 longer
3 easier
4 less time-consuming
5 user-friendly
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the sentences in 2 again. They then
complete the Language point. Students compare answers in
pairs and then do whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 far, a lot
2 a little, slightly
3 almost
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 113 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
l 4.2 Tell students they are going to listen to part of a
phone conversation between an after-sales representative
from Ercho and a user of their software.
Ask students to read the information in the table to check
what they are listening for. Let students compare answers
with a partner.
Give feedback on answers with the whole class, eliciting why
students’ answers are not correct if they chose the wrong
option.
Answers
User
feedback on
Better?
Big
difference?
Comments?
the new
version of the
software
Y
Yes
It works a lot more
efficiently.
using the
customerprofile system
Y
No. A little.
You could find a
profile almost as
easily on the old
version.
filling in the
order forms
N
Small
difference
Staff are filling it in a
little more slowly.
Exercise 5
l 4.2 Play the listening. Ask students to read the sentences
and fill in the missing words. Students check answers with a
partner, before whole-class feedback.
1 better
2 more efficiently
3 easily
EXTENSION Dictate some adjectives to the class, for
example, good, correct, safe, useful, efficient, accurate, secure,
hard, quiet. Ask students to write the adverb form of each
one. Then ask the students to work in pairs, choose five of
the adverbs and write a comparative sentence for each. They
then take turns to read out their sentence to another pair,
leaving out the comparative adverb. The other pair has to
decide what the missing comparative forms are.
Further practice
Grammar reference
Answers
Adjectives: better
Adverbs: more efficiently, almost as easily, more slowly, more
useful
4 useful
5 more slowly
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 4 on
page 113 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs and use the information in the
table to make sentences comparing two financial software
products. Monitor, checking students are using the correct
comparative form and modifier. Ask two or three pairs for
sentences in the whole-class feedback.
Possible answers
2 Staff can learn to use Accounter 3.1 a little more easily than
Financepro.
3 Financepro is almost as secure as Accounter 3.1.
4 Technical support with Accounter 3.1 can help much more
quickly.
5 Accounter 3.1 is far more up-to-date than Financepro.
EXTENSION With stronger students, the pair work in 7 can
become a role-play. Student A is a telemarketer who calls
potential customers. Student A calls Student B and tries to
convince him/her to sign up for A’s chosen service. Student
A needs to describe what it will make easier, and Student B
suggests drawbacks or reasons not to buy this service.
Exercise 8
Students make a similar table about one of their company’s
products or services, comparing it to their main competitor’s.
In pairs, they make sentences about it. If all the students
work in the same company, ask them to find information on
the Internet about another company’s product and make a
similar table to make sentences.
Tell students to imagine they work for
a (real) well-known company. Students work in pairs, each
for a different company. Each student finds information on
the Internet about a product or service of the company they
choose and make a similar table to make sentences.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Photocopiable worksheet
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Practically speaking
Business communication
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
If your students work, start by asking them about the
management software used in their company. Is it easy to
use? Is it often updated? What happens when there’s an update?
Ask students to look at the information in the graph and
answer the questions.
Ask the students to read the information and answer the
questions.
Answers
130 people responded to the question.
Most companies install new software using an in-house person.
Answers
1 Employees might feel that the software is controlling them
and watching their working lives.
2 The company could argue that the software enables payroll
to be accurate and that it offers employees flexible working.
Exercise 2
Exercise 2
l 4.3 Explain that students are going to listen to someone
describing the results in the table. Refer the students to the
Tip. Before they listen, ask them to think of words they might
use to approximate numbers, around, up to, etc. Play the
listening and let students compare answers in pairs before
checking answers with the whole class.
Answers
130: well over one hundred
31%: nearly a third
54.5%: about half
14.5%: a little under 15%
Exercise 3
Ask students to match the synonyms. Then they compare
with a partner.
Answers
1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c
Exercise 4
Answers
1 Accurate payroll feature, you can log on and off manually or
automatically, the phone app lets you log on when overseas.
It’s easier for managers as there will be fewer mistakes as no
forms to fill in.
2 Forgetting to log on in the morning, not getting paid,
adjusting settings on the computer, logging on overseas, will
the manager know if I’m working?
Exercise 3
l 4.4 Ask students to look at the expressions and match
them before they listen. Play the listening again, students
check the answers. If necessary, listen again and pause after
each sentence to elicit the answer.
Answers
1 c 2 b 3 f 4 i 5 h 6 d 7 g 8 a 9 e 10 j
Write some expressions on the board, for example, 34%,
292, 2003, 23%, and ask students to say what they are,
using approximate numbers, well over thirty per cent, just
below three hundred, around two thousand, almost a quarter.
Students take turns to describe the numbers in the exercise
in pairs. Check that they use the correct stress in each
expression.
Sometimes students find long sentences
difficult to repeat. Explain how they are ‘chunked’ into groups
of words that go together in sense groups when we speak.
Ask them to mark where they think the sense groups of
words are. Then ask them to mark the stressed word in each
chunk. They then practise saying the sentences.
Possible answers
1 The main benefit is // the payroll feature.
2 It’s a lot more accurate // because it automatically knows //
how many hours // you’ve worked each month.
3 One of the problems // is that your manager // has to fill in a
form // for each of you.
4 What happens // if I forget to log on // in the morning //
when I start work?
5 That’s a good question.
6 But wouldn’t that require us // to have to adjust // the settings
on our computers?
7 It might seem // that you’d need to adjust your settings, // but
in fact // the software can do this automatically.
8 Will it let me log on // from a hotel?
9 I’m not convinced // that it’s possible to do that // every time
you’re abroad.
10 I’m sure you’ll find it // much easier to use // than the current
system.
1,002: just over a thousand / around a thousand
37%: about a third / just over a third
240: well over two hundred / just below two hundred and fifty
49%: almost half / almost a half / around half
67%: around two thirds / just over two thirds
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. If all the students work in the same
company, ask them to find information on the Internet
relating to the prompts about another company and, if they
want, a different country.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Tell students to imagine they work for
a (real) well-known company in a different country. Students
work in pairs, each for a different company. Each student
finds information on the Internet about the company they
work for and describes the company and country using the
prompts.
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l 4.4 Ask students to look at the headings and think about
the information they need to listen for. Play the listening.
Let students compare answers in pairs. Then check with the
whole class.
PRONUNCIATION
Answers
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 4 on
page 112 of the Student’s Book.
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Exercise 4
Students work in pairs. They read the information about a
new computer system and make two lists. Refer students to
the Key expressions. Then ask the pairs to present their lists to
the whole class.
Suggested answers
1 Benefits: improve employee performance, monthly
performance appraisals, bonuses for excellent performance,
‘employee of the month’ award.
2 Possible problems: makes employees compete against
each other, how will managers judge performance? Timeconsuming to meet your manager at the end of every month.
Exercise 5
Students practise in the same pairs. Student A turns to
page 138, and B to page 142. Using the information from the
lists they made in 4, tell students to follow the instructions.
Refer students to the Key expressions to help them carry
out the task. Monitor and make sure the students are clear
on what tasks they have to do and that they are using the
expressions correctly.
ONE-TO-ONE Start with the student playing Student A and
then swap roles, so he/she gets a chance to cover all the
language.
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Task
Exercise 1
Students work in groups of four. Set up the situation and ask
them to divide into pairs of managers and employees.
Exercise 2
Give students time to prepare their arguments and make
lists of possible changes. Remind them that they will present
their arguments and the decisions they agree on to the class.
Exercise 3
Start the meeting. It might be a good idea to give the
groups a time limit to present their arguments and discuss
possible changes. A few minutes before the end of the task,
ask the groups to reach an agreement.
Exercise 4
Each group then presents their changes to the class. Those
listening can ask questions.
Do the task with the student as manager, then
swap roles. Ask him/her to present the changes at the end.
ONE-TO-ONE
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 4 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Download and photocopy Unit 4 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Check students understand the idea of assessing and
ranking. Ask them if they have been ranked at work, or how
they would feel if they were. Ask students to read the article
and discuss the questions in small groups.
Possible answer
It’s controversial because even if the lowest 10% work hard, they
are still ranked as ‘poor’.
Exercise 2
Ask students to discuss the questions in the same groups
and then check in whole-class feedback.
Possible answers
It’s an easy way for managers to measure employee
performance. You could work out who gets pay increases and
who doesn’t using this ranking. It creates competition and may
demotivate many employees. It also allows for manager bias.
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the question in their groups, then
one person from each group can sum up what they decided
and why, for the rest of the class.
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Customers
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about customer service
• talk about schedules and future arrangements using
present tenses
• say ‘sorry’ in different ways
• make and change arrangements.
Context
The topic of Customers gives students the language to
talk about, and to, customers and clients. Every company
has to take good care of its customers and give good
service in order to encourage customer loyalty. This is also
true of online companies. It is essential for companies to
meet customers’ expectations, and ensure customers are
satisfied by making good customer care a priority. To do
this, students cover the language needed for the essential
aspects of customer care.
It is important to be able to talk about schedules, events
and arrangements. Students will learn to use the present
simple and present continuous to talk about scheduled
events and make arrangements.
Social interaction between colleagues is crucial for
effective teamwork in both formal and informal situations.
Cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings if
colleagues do not use the appropriate expressions for
apologizing and explaining the situation.
In this unit, students will learn how to make and, where
necessary, change arrangements. They will have the
opportunity to practise setting up and rearranging
appointments.
In the Talking point, students will have the opportunity
to discuss a variation in management styles, including
upside down management, and role-play a discussion
where the benefits and drawbacks of this style of
management are assessed. They then decide whether the
company should introduce the system and present the
outcome of the meeting.
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Starting point
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues
if they are hesitant: Who do you normally have contact with
at work? Who do you visit regularly? Who do you phone/email?
The second and third questions can be done with the whole
class or in pairs before whole-class feedback. Encourage
students to develop their answers.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about their own
college or university. Do they feel as if they are customers
there? Why/Why not? How do they feel as customers there?
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about and discuss the
quote. How true do they think it is for their type of business?
It might be useful to check they know who Jeff Bezos is
(the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.com),
how successful Amazon is, and why it might be a good idea
to listen to him. You could ask them to find out from the
Internet. Ask one or two pairs to share the ideas they came
up with in whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about how
they find out about products and services. Do they speak
to people they know or do they read about the product/
service online? How important are online ratings when they
are making their decisions? Ask them to give an example.
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the article and the titles and choose
the best one. Tell students it’s not necessary to understand
all the words, only the general sense. Provide whole-class
feedback.
Suggested answer
b Delivering happiness
Exercise 3
Ask students to look at the numbers and then scan the
article to find them in the text. Then in pairs they discuss
what the numbers refer to. You could explain about
scanning here. Remind them that when we scan a text we
are looking for specific pieces of information, for example,
information about a number or a date. Tell students not to
read every word, but to move quickly through the article
and stop when they come to the information they want.
Then they read the sentence with the number or date
carefully and note the relevant information. Ask students
which texts we generally scan, for example, timetables,
dictionaries, online research, etc.
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Answers
Answers
5,000 calls answered per day
1,200 emails answered per week
4 weeks’ staff training in how to make customers happy
10 hours and 29 minutes: the longest customer care phone call
ever
75% repeat orders
Exercise 4
Students underline the words that are true for them and add
a reason. Let them compare answers with a partner before
doing whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss sentence
prompt 2, thinking about a company they regularly have to
deal with.
Ask students to complete the table. Show them where the
first answer is, if necessary. Let them compare answers with a
partner before doing whole-class feedback.
2 loyalty
3 expectation
4 required
5 service
6 satisfaction
7 production
8 to deliver
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Write satisfactory, satisfied, satisfying on the board and ask
students to check their meanings in their dictionary. Then
ask students to write three sentences with the words in.
Exercise 6
Ask students to work in pairs to try to complete the
paragraph with the correct form of the words. Do wholeclass feedback.
Answers
1 expect
2 deliver
3 satisfied
4 expectations
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Write customer and client on the board. Ask students to
divide into two groups, A and B. Ask them to decide what
the difference is between a customer and a client. Then
ask Group A to find at least six words that collocate with
customer, and Group B to find six that collocate with client.
Then divide the class into pairs, Student A and Student B.
A teaches B his/her six collocations, and B teaches A his/
her six.
Possible collocations
Exercise 5
Answers
1 service/care/satisfaction/loyalty
2 loyalty
3 complaints
4 satisfaction/loyalty
5 service(s)
6 cares
7 loyal
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Tell them to scan the text in 2 again
and find the word customer. Ask them to complete the
mind map with any collocations with customer they find.
You could draw the map on the board to check answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
customer complaints, customer loyalty, customer expectations,
customer service, customer satisfaction
Exercise 8
Refer students to the Tip. Students work in pairs to complete
the sentences with a collocation from 7. Check the answers
in whole-class feedback.
customer: key customer, loyal customer, potential customer,
customer dissatisfaction, customer profile, customer complaints,
customer enquiries, deal with customers, attract customers
client: valued client, take on a client, serve clients, prospective
client, regular client, corporate client, act for a client, on behalf of
a client, attract clients
Exercise 9
Students work in pairs and take turns to ask and answer the
questions in 8. For whole-class feedback, ask different pairs
to ask and answer the questions.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work
for a company. They take turns asking and answering the
questions. You could ask them to go to websites of (real)
well-known companies to find the information.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 5 on
page 114 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 10
Students work in pairs to come up with five rules and
guidelines for successful customer service. Remind them
to add something extra to make each memorable, as in the
example. For whole-class feedback, ask two or three pairs for
their rules.
EXTENSION Ask pairs to join with another pair and compare
rules and guidelines. Tell them to agree on a new set of five
rules and guidelines for the group.
Then ask each group to present their rules and guidelines.
After all the groups of four have presented their rules and
guidelines, ask the class to decide on the best five rules and
guidelines and write them on the board.
Ask students to imagine they work for
a (real) international online company and come up with the
rules and guidelines. You could ask them to find information
about online companies on the Internet before they start.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to quickly make notes on any plans, meetings
or events they know are going to happen this week, next
week and next month. Working in pairs, they explain their
schedule to their partner. Then they can talk about their
busiest periods.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to check their schedules
and decide how busy they are this week. Then ask them to
decide which time of the month/year is the busiest for them.
What is it that makes this period so busy?
Exercise 2
Explain the situation and ask students to read the schedule
and the email. Ask students to find what will change and
then compare answers with a partner. Then do whole-class
feedback.
Answers
Monday: Meeting at Aksa 17.00
Tuesday: Giray Demir is joining the customer visits.
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the email in 2 again quickly. With a
partner, they decide what tenses the verbs in bold are
and whether they refer to the present or to the future.
Students then match the verbs in bold in the email to the
explanations in the Language point.
Answers
The verbs actually refer to the future, although they are present
forms.
1 leave, come back
2 ’re not meeting, aren’t waiting, is joining
3 hope
4 are (busy), is (fine)
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 115 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
l 5.1 Ask students to quickly read the email in 2 again. Tell
them they are going to listen to Anita’s voicemail, where
Giray makes additional changes. Students compare answers
with a partner. Get feedback on answers with the whole
class, eliciting why students’ answers are not correct, if
necessary.
Answers
Giray can’t meet them personally at the airport on Monday
evening. He will arrange a driver.
Giray will meet Anita and Hakan at the hotel reception at 8.30
because their first meeting is now at 9.30 instead of 11.00.
Exercise 5
l 5.1 Refer students to the Tip. Ask students to read the
voicemail message and underline the correct form of the
verbs. Students check answers with a partner. Play the
listening. Give whole-class feedback and, if necessary, play
the listening again, pausing at the answers to check.
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Answers
1 ‘m
2 arrives
3 to meet
4 are meeting
5 to check
6 are you staying
7 ’m not
8 are staying
9 opens
Write ten verbs on the board, for example,
know, agree, get, live, remember, hate, listen, read, like, believe.
Ask students to decide which are state verbs and which are
dynamic (action) verbs. Ask them to look at the verbs which
describe thinking and liking things – are they generally state
or dynamic verbs? Ask students to choose six verbs, three
state and three dynamic verbs, and write sentences for
them.
EXTENSION
Exercise 6
Ask students to look at the schedule and make sentences
with the prompts using present simple and present
continuous for future events, plans and intentions. Let them
compare answers with a partner. Check answers in wholeclass feedback.
Possible answers
3 I’m not going to the first session. I’m too busy because I’m
meeting clients.
4 I’m giving my presentation on Wednesday. It starts at 14.00
and finishes at 15.00.
5 I hope to go to the buffet reception on Wednesday evening.
6 I’m free on Thursday morning.
7 I plan to have lunch with Sally and Remi at 12.30.
8 I’m flying to Paris on Friday.
9 My flight leaves at 14.20 from Heathrow.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 5 on
page 115 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Ask them to quickly write a schedule
of events for next week. Ask students to compare schedules.
Ask two or three pairs for sentences in whole-class feedback.
EXTENSION Tell students to arrange a meeting when they
are both free. They can then tell the class when, where and
why they are meeting.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 5 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Start by asking students about a time they had to apologize
at work. Why did they have to apologize? Who did they
have to apologize to? Do they apologize in different ways
to different people at work – a colleague they know well,
a colleague they don’t really know, the manager? They tell
their partner about it. Ask one or two pairs to explain their
situations to the whole class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about a situation
where they had to say ‘sorry’. Why did they apologize? Who
did they have to apologize to? Do they apologize in different
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ways to different people – a friend, a classmate they don’t
know well, the teacher? They tell their partner about it. Ask
one or two pairs to explain their situations to the whole
class.
Exercise 2
l 5.2 Explain that students are going to listen to five people
apologizing. Play the listening and ask them to match
apologies 1–5 to the reasons a–e. Or you could ask them to
match the apologies to the reasons first and then play the
listening for them to check. Let students compare answers in
pairs before checking answers with the whole class.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask the students to read the information and answer the
questions with a partner.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about a wellknown company and think about who the main suppliers
could be, and what they are supplied with. You could ask
them to find the information on the Internet as preparation.
Exercise 2
Answers
l 5.4 Ask students to look at the sentences and think about
the information to listen for. Play the listening. Let students
compare answers in pairs and then check with the whole
class.
Exercise 3
Answers
2 e 3 a 4 c 5 d
l 5.3 Ask students to match the responses a–e to the
apologies 1–5 in 2. Play the listening for students to listen
and check.
Answers
a 2 b 5 c 3 d 4 e 1
PRONUNCIATION Tell students that to sound sincere they
need to use rise and fall intonation when apologizing and
explaining what happened. Say sentence 1, firstly with very
flat intonation and then with polite intonation. Ask students
if they can hear a difference. Write the sentence on the
board and mark the correct intonation. Then play listening
5.3 again and ask students to take turns apologizing.
Monitor, checking students are using the correct stress in the
sentence.
Answers
1 A I’m sorry, but I’m busy next Monday evening.
B No problem. How about Tuesday instead?
2 A I’m sorry, but can you repeat that?
B Sure. It’s A as in Alpha.
3 A I’m sorry to keep you waiting.
B Not to worry. We haven’t started yet.
4 A I’m sorry, but the traffic was terrible this morning.
B That’s OK. There was a problem with my train as well.
5 A I’m sorry, but can I say something at this point?
B Of course. Go ahead.
Exercise 4
1 B 2 E 3 S 4 E 5 B
Exercise 3
l 5.4 Ask students to read the expressions and try to say
them in different ways using the prompts, before they listen.
Play the listening again for students to check the answers.
If necessary, play the listening again and pause after each
sentence to elicit the answer.
Answers
2 I’m afraid I’m always busy on Mondays.
3 I can’t make it that day.
4 How about Tuesday?
5 That suits me.
6 Is two o’clock convenient?
7 Can we make it later?
8 So that’s Tuesday the first at three.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 5 on
page 114 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
l 5.5 Ask students to look at the expressions and note the
intonation. You could write the first one on the board, On
Monday? and play it. Ask students how it is said and mark the
intonation. Play the rest of the listening for students to mark
intonation on the other expressions. Then ask students to
repeat all of the expressions with the correct intonation.
Students work in pairs. Ask them to take turns apologizing
and responding. Monitor, correcting the pronunciation
where necessary. Ask different pairs to apologize and
respond for whole-class feedback.
Answer
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Tell students to take turns apologizing
in four different situations: 1. Call the dentist’s reception to
explain you will be late for an appointment because of a
train strike. 2. Tell your classmate that you can’t attend
his/her class presentation next week and give a good reason.
3. You made an arrangement to meet a friend after class, and
you arrive 20 minutes late. 4. You didn’t hear the teacher’s
explanation in the lesson. Apologize and ask him/her to
repeat it.
Exercise 5
All three expressions have a rising intonation for checking
information or suggesting something.
Students work in pairs. Using the Key expressions and, if they
want, the flow chart and their own diaries, students take
turns to answer the phone and make arrangements. Monitor
and make sure the students are using the correct intonation
to check information.
ONE-TO-ONE Start with the student playing Student A and
then swap roles, so he/she gets a chance to cover all the
language.
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Exercise 6
l 5.6 Tell students they are going to listen to a call from
Sergio to Elena. Ask students to look at the questions and
think about the information to listen for. Students check
answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 To rearrange the meeting day and time
2 He can’t make Tuesday.
3 They move it back a day (to Wednesday).
prepare their arguments. Remind them that they will present
the decisions they agree on to the class.
Exercise 2
Start the discussion, making sure the pairs present their
arguments and come to an agreement on their final
decision. Give the groups a time limit to present their
arguments and discuss possible changes. A few minutes
before the end of the task, ask the groups to reach an
agreement and prepare for the presentation.
Exercise 3
Exercise 7
Ask students to repeat the calls they made in 5, but this time
they can’t make the appointment. They have to change the
times. Encourage them to give a reason they can’t make it.
Monitor and make sure the students are using the correct
intonation to check information.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 5 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Each group then presents their arguments to the class.
Remind them they should give reasons for their decisions.
Those listening can ask questions to clarify. You could
ask them which group had the best arguments for their
decisions.
ONE-TO-ONE Do the task with the student listing one set
of arguments and you the other, then swap roles. Have a
discussion of each of the points and come to an agreement
on a decision. Ask the student to give a short presentation of
the final decision at the end.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 5 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 1
Ask students what they think upside down management is.
Ask students to read the article and the information in the
organigram and discuss the question in small groups.
Possible answers
Customers are more satisfied with the service and so
recommend the company. Staff are more motivated as they
are allowed to show initiative, creativity and feel appreciated.
Management can keep only highly-motivated, effective staff and
get rid of staff who don’t perform well.
Exercise 2
In the same groups, students discuss the principles. Ask
them to decide if their company has any of the principles.
Ask them which principles they agree or disagree with. Ask
them to give reasons for their answers.
Exercise 3
Ask students to give their opinions in their groups and give
reasons why upside down management would or wouldn’t
work in their company.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS For 2 and 3: Students work in groups of
three. Ask them to imagine a well-known company. Student A
is a customer, Student B is a member of staff and Student C is
a manager. Ask them to answer the questions. You could ask
them to find information on the Internet about the structure
of a company as preparation.
Task
Exercise 1
Students work in groups of four. Set up the situation and
ask them to divide into two pairs, one making a list of
arguments for, and one making a list of arguments against
introducing upside down management. Give pairs time to
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Guests & visitors
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about business travel schedules
• use articles
• find out how to address people
• welcome visitors and talk about their journey.
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues
if they are hesitant: What reasons could people have to visit
companies? Who visits companies regularly? Questions
2–5 can be done with the whole class or in pairs before
whole-class feedback. Encourage students to develop their
answers.
Context
The topic of Guests & visitors gives students the language
to describe business travel schedules. Anybody who
works, or plans to work, in business knows that no
successful twenty-first century company can ignore what
is happening in their industry. Valuable contacts are often
made at conferences and trade fairs. To be able to go to
these and exploit them for the benefit of the company,
students cover the language needed for business events
and to organize travel arrangements and schedules for
delegates.
It is important to be able to use articles accurately.
Students will cover the language to describe important
conference information.
Social interaction with new contacts and customers is
crucial to the success of any company. Cultural differences
can lead to misunderstandings if first impressions are
not good. In this unit students also learn how to address
people when they meet them for the first time.
In the Talking point, students will have the opportunity
to work out a schedule for a group of foreign visitors,
proposing options for after-work activities and cultural
activities and events. They will present the schedule of
activities to the class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to answer the following
questions: Why might someone visit a company? How might
you entertain them in the evening? What are the pros and cons
of travel (for business or leisure)? What can go wrong? Students
work through the list in pairs before giving feedback to the
rest of the class.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Students work in pairs. Allow them a few minutes to think
about and discuss the questions. Ask one or two pairs to
share the ideas they came up with, in whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Students work in small groups. Give
each group an area of business to concentrate on, for
example, technology, transport, fashion, food, education,
medicine. Ask each group to come up with four or five
reasons trade fairs and conferences are important in that
business area, and why people attend them.
Exercise 2
l 6.1 Ask students to look at the unit title and the picture
and discuss who and where the people might be – what
might the relationship between the people in the picture
be? Tell students to read the notes and decide what
information to listen for. Let students compare their answers
with a partner.
Provide feedback on answers with the whole class.
Answer
1 6.30 p.m.
2 Wednesday morning
3 airport
4 morning
5 old city
6 hotel
7 tour guide
Exercise 3
Ask students to look at the notes in 2 again and match the
words in bold to definitions 1–8. Students compare answers
with a partner and then check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
2 facilities
3 auditorium
4 specialities
5 sightseeing
6 excursion
7 delegates
8 stands
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Exercise 4
Students work in pairs, taking turns to test each other.
Ask the student to cover 3. Give the definitions
and he/she gives the words. You could revise next class by
giving him/her the words and asking him/her to give the
definitions.
ONE-TO-ONE
Exercise 5
l 6.1 Refer students to the Tip. Ask them to match the
words, which make common collocations. Play the listening
again and students match the collocations to pictures A–H.
If necessary, do the first one with the whole class.
Let students compare answers with a partner before doing
whole-class feedback.
Answers
A meet up with (somebody)
B check in
C freshen up
D pick (someone) up
E drop (someone) off
F show (someone) around
G eat out
H look around
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Write travel on the board. Ask students to work in pairs
and in three minutes come up with as many words
and expressions as they can to collocate with travel, for
example, travel arrangements, travel by train/plane/bus,
travel alone, travel first class / business class / economy class.
Put students into small groups and ask them to find four
or five collocations in their dictionary for trip, flight or
journey. They check they understand each collocation and
write an example sentence to show how to use it.
Then put students into groups of three. Each student
teaches the other students in his/her group the
collocations for their group’s word, and gives them
examples of how to use them.
Possible answers
Trip: a short trip, go on a sightseeing trip, a business trip, arrange
a trip, a trip abroad, a shopping trip
Flight: a return flight, a connecting flight, a long-haul flight, a
delayed flight, catch a flight, book a flight, cancel a flight
Journey: a return journey, a five-hour journey, a ten-kilometre
journey, a dangerous journey, a tiring journey, go on a journey,
set out on a journey
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 6 on page
116 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Ask students to work in pairs. They take turns choosing travel
activities from the expressions in 5 and talk about what
order they would do them in.
Ask two or three pairs to give their answers to provide
whole-class feedback.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Explain the situation to the students
and ask if they have any experience of this. Tell students to
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read the information about the speakers and organize their
schedules. Remind students they also have to make sure all
the logistics are in place, i.e. transport, people involved, as
well as places and times.
Possible comments on the schedules
The two speakers land within 15 minutes of each other so they
can be picked up at the same time.
Dr Emanuel wants time to rest and freshen up at the hotel.
She can go straight to the hotel from the airport. However, Mr
Sobolewski might need to go straight to the venue as his talk is
at 14.00. If so, they might need to be picked up and transported
in separate cars.
Dr Emanuel will need to be collected from the hotel before her
talk as she wants time to set up her equipment.
Someone needs to confirm the number of delegates for Mr
Sobolewski’s talk. After his talk he will probably want to go to
the hotel. In the evening he is meeting an old friend, so he will
probably make his own arrangements.
After her talk, Dr Emanuel will need to be taken out for dinner
at a restaurant (with local specialities). She also leaves early on
Thursday, so it would be good include a short tour of the city in
the evening, either before or after dinner.
Early in the morning a car needs to take Dr Emanuel to the
airport.
Mr Sobolewski has a free day on Thursday before his evening
flight. Perhaps he could go on a tour with a guide round the city
mid-morning (including a market) and have lunch somewhere
nice.
Mr Sobolewski can leave luggage at the hotel and pick it up
mid-afternoon to be taken to the airport.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 6 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Working in pairs, students talk about what information they
expect to find on a conference website. Ask two or three
pairs for their ideas for whole-class feedback.
Possible answers
Dates, times
Venue(s)
List of events
Details of talks and presentations
List of exhibitors
How to register
Fees
Transportation
Exercise 2
Ask students to work in pairs, look at the website and read
the information. Then tell them to think of headings for
sections 2–4. Get feedback from the whole class.
Suggested answers
2 Exhibition Centre
3 Getting there
4 On arrival
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the website in 2 again quickly. With a
partner, they decide where they use or don’t use articles.
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Students then complete the Language point using the words
in bold in 2. Then do whole-class feedback.
following noun begins with a vowel sound, and then the
needs to be strong form / ði: ˈeəpɔːt/.
Answers
Ask students to read the sentences in 5 aloud, making sure
they use the correct sound in the articles.
1 a stand
2 The venue
3 The bus
4 the biggest
5 delegates
6 information
7 Europe
8 by public transport
EXTENSION Ask students to find other examples of articles
and discuss why they are used. Check answers with the
whole class.
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 117 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
Students work in pairs. Refer them to the Tip. They think of
two more nouns for each category in 3. Remind them to
think of words related to work. Get feedback on answers
with the whole class, eliciting why students’ answers are not
correct, if necessary.
EXTENSION Give students a list of words from each category
and ask them to decide which take a/an or the and which
take no article, for example, Russia (7), Principal’s office (2)
Japanese (7), students (5), juice (6), cat (1), longest (4), plane
(8), man I met yesterday (3). Ask students to decide which
categories in the Language point they would fit into.
You could ask them to give you a list of countries which take
the, and a list of those which don’t:
the: Netherlands, United States, Maldives, United Arab
Emirates, Philippines (all are plurals), the Republic of China,
the United Kingdom, etc.
– : France, Germany, Canada, Argentina, Egypt, etc.
Students can check their answers in an atlas or online.
Exercise 5
Ask students to read the sentences and decide which are
correct. They correct the sentences that contain mistakes,
with articles. Students check answers with a partner, before
whole-class feedback.
Answers
2 Can you tell me the way to the main auditorium?
3 There’s a presentation about next-generation mobile games
today. What time does the presentation start?
4 f
5 Is the quickest way to the airport by bus or by taxi?
6 Do you have an excursion with a guided tour of the old city?
7 Can I have accommodation (NOT an accommodation) as
close to the exhibition hall as possible?
8 f
9 Is it possible to get a taxi to the city centre, please?
PRONUNCIATION To practise pronunciation of articles, write
some phrases from the sentences in 5 on the board, giving
a talk, the way to the main auditorium, there’s a presentation.
Ask students what they notice about the pronunciation
of the articles in the phrases – the articles usually contain
a schwa because generally articles are not stressed:
/ˈɡɪvɪŋ ə tɔːk/ /ðə weɪ tə ðə meɪn ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/
/ ðeəz ə ˌpreznˈteɪʃn/. The exception to this is when the
Answers
2 Can you tell me the way to the main auditorium?
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ /ðə weɪ tə ðə meɪn ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/
3 There’s a presentation about next-generation mobile games
today. What time does the presentation start?
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
/ðə ˌpreznˈteɪʃn stɑːt/
4 Are there any sightseeing tours for delegates?
/ɑː(r) ðeə(r) ˈeni ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ tɔːz fɔː(r) ˈdelɪɡeɪts/
5 Is the quickest way to the airport by bus or by taxi?
​ /ðə ˈkwɪkɪst weɪ tə ði: ˈeəpɔːt/
6 Do you have an excursion with a guided tour of the old city?
​ ​ ​ /æn ɪkˈskɜːʃn wɪð ə ɡaɪdɪd tɔː(r) əv ðə əʊld ˈsɪti/
7 Do you have accommodation as close to the exhibition hall
as possible?
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ /əz kləʊs tə ði: ˌeksɪˈbɪʃn hɔːl eɪz ˈpɒsəbl/
8 Is the conference in Asia next year?
/ɪz ðə ˈkɒnfərəns/
9 Is it possible to get a taxi to the city centre, please?
​ ​ ​ ​ ​
/tə ɡet ə ˈtæksi tə ðə ˈsɪti ˈsentə(r)/
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 6 on page
117 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Students work in pairs. Student A turns to page 137, and B to
page 142, and they follow the instructions. You could get the
Student As and Student Bs to work together in two groups,
filling in the gaps in 1. Then check the answers for each
group separately before they go on to do the task.
Ask two or three pairs to ask and answer their questions
in the whole-class feedback. Check they are using articles
correctly, and elicit why students’ answers are not correct, if
necessary.
Answers
Student A
1
1 no article 2 the 3 The 4 no article 5 a 6 a 7 a 8 the
Student B
1
1 the 2 no article 3 no article 4 no article 5 The 6 the
7 an 8 no article
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 6 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Start by asking students how they generally address people
they meet for the first time. How quickly do they use first
names? How do they like to be addressed? Is it usual to use
first names at work, in class?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine that someone
is coming to visit their college or institution. How would they
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greet the visitor? What would they say and do? Have they
had any experience of meeting visitors to the institution?
Exercise 2
l 6.2 Ask students to take turns saying the names to a
partner. Play the listening for them to listen and check. You
could ask them to do the exercise again.
Exercise 3
Ask students to work in small groups and discuss each of the
situations. Check the answers in whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to change the first,
second and fifth points to these:
• A new teacher.
• Your classmates.
• Starting a conversation with a new student to your group.
EXTENSION If all the students are from the same country,
you could ask them in small groups to find out information
from the Internet about what happens in the situations
in 3 in other countries, as preparation for the activity. Give
each group a particular country, preferably on a different
continent, to get a variety of answers.
When students have got the information, they form new
groups, each with one student from the original groups.
They can tell each other what they have found out. Ask the
class to decide which country was most different from, and
which the most similar to, their own.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask the students to read the information and answer the
questions with a partner.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to answer the questions
about where they study.
Exercise 2
l 6.4 Ask students to read the agenda for Marvin’s visit
and decide what information to listen for. Play the listening.
Students compare answers with a partner, then check
answers with whole-class feedback.
Answers
Morning: Tour of the facility with Aruna Singh
Lunchtime: Lunch with Jacinta and meet Dilip Patel
Afternoon: introduction to the team
Exercise 3
l 6.4 Ask students to read the expressions and responses
and try to match them before they listen. Play the listening
again and students check the answers. If necessary, play the
listening again and pause after each sentence to elicit the
answer.
Answers
1 d 2 e 3 f 4 a 5 g 6 h 7 b 8 i 9 c
Exercise 4
Exercise 4
l 6.3 Tell students to read the sentences. Tell them they are
going to hear three conversations, then play the listening
and ask them to tick the sentences they hear.
Explain the situation to the students. Ask them to work in
pairs and look at the flow chart. You could model the first
exchanges with a student, if you think it is necessary. Refer
the students to the Key expressions to help them while they
are having the conversation. They can then swap roles.
Ask two or three pairs to do the conversation for whole-class
feedback. Check they are using the expressions correctly,
and elicit why students’ answers are not correct, if necessary.
Answers
Please, call me ... f (1)
How would you like me to address you? f (2)
Please, call me by my first name. f (2)
Can I call you …? f (3)
Exercise 5
Tell students they are at a conference where they don’t know
anyone. They must stand up and introduce themselves
to different people in the class. Students can use the
downloadable business cards from the teacher resources
in the Online practice for this. You can control the activity
by giving them a signal for each time you want them to
move on and start a conversation with a different person.
Allow students a few minutes only with each new person.
Remind them to start the conversations using full names
and titles, and then find out how the other person wants to
be addressed.
At the end of the activity, ask three or four students what
they found out about the people they met, for whole-class
feedback.
Ask the student to introduce him/herself to
you. Then introduce yourself to him/her.
ONE-TO-ONE
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 6 on page
116 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Using the information from the Key
expressions they have the conversation, welcoming the new
person. Then they swap roles. Monitor and make sure the
students are using the correct expressions.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 6 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Ask students if they have travelled to another country. Did
they notice that people did things differently? Did that
surprise them? How did they feel? If they haven’t travelled
abroad, ask them to think about the last time they stayed
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in a hotel. How did they feel there? What was different from
being at home?
Ask them to read the information in the infographic and
answer the questions.
Possible answers
Expect: Friendly hotel staff can speak their language, or a
common language like English or French. Free wifi, menu with
international and local dishes. TV with channels in different
languages, tea & coffee making facilities, hairdryer, safety info,
hotel info, telephone
Make happier: gym, swimming pool, room service
Exercise 2
l 6.5 Ask students to read the infographic while listening
to the conversation and make a note of the ideas from it
that are mentioned. Ask them to check their answers with a
partner and discuss where they should expect them.
Answers
Friendly staff, free wifi, fruit bowl, ice machine, vending machine,
slippers
USA, Japan, Asia
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions about cultural
expectations.
Task
Exercise 1
Students work in small groups. Set up the situation and
ask them to discuss and plan the schedule, using the
information they are given.
Give groups time to prepare their schedules. Remind them
that they will present the plan and schedule they agree on
to the class.
Start the discussion, making sure the groups discuss each
of the prompts and come to an agreement on their final
decision. It might be a good idea to give the groups a
time limit to present their arguments and discuss possible
changes. A few minutes before the end of the task, ask the
groups to reach agreement on the final schedule.
Each group then presents their schedule to the class. Those
listening can ask questions.
EXTENSION You could ask the class which schedule they
think the visitors would enjoy most and why.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to prepare the schedule and
present it to you.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 6 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Viewpoint 2
Exercise 3
Preview
The topic of this Viewpoint is Cultural communication.
In this Viewpoint, students begin by watching and
discussing a video of four people talking about what
differences they noticed when they lived and worked
in a different country. Students then watch and discuss
an interview with Michael Dickmann, a Senior Lecturer
at Cranfield School of Management and an expert in
cultural awareness in business. Finally, the students do
a task which involves deciding what cultural problems
are happening in three situations and why they have
happened.
Ask the students to discuss the questions with a partner. You
could ask one or two pairs to report their conversation for
whole-class feedback.
Exercise 4
Tell students to work in pairs and match the words and
phrases 1–8 to the definitions a–h. Check answers with the
whole class.
Answers
1 c 2 b 3 d 4 h 5 e 6 a 7 f 8 g
Exercise 5
Exercise 1
Allow the students time to look at the list. Check they
understand the meanings of gestures, attitudes, and social
behaviour in this context. Then ask students to discuss the list
with a partner. You could ask them to share anecdotes about
cultural mishaps on their own travels, or when working or
studying with people from other cultures.
Exercise 2
r 01 Tell students to think about the differences they
discussed in 1. Play the video and ask students to take notes.
If necessary, pause after each speaker to allow writing time.
Answers
Country
Differences
Speaker 1
Germany
changed
colleagues very
formal; quite direct eating habits
but polite; meal
times
Speaker 2
Japan
communication;
politeness; food
Speaker 3
UK
got used to
language
the language
differences; social
and accents
differences in
different parts
of the country;
attitudes to the
natural, urban and
social environment
Speaker 4
40
Sweden
different attitude
to working hours;
meal times; levels
of formality of
dress
Changes
over time
got used to
Japanese
food; etiquette
didn’t change
attitudes
changed;
became
habituated
r 02 Tell students to read A–D carefully and decide what
the key words they are listening for are. Then play the whole
video, telling students to number A–D in the correct order,
1–4. Let students compare answers with a partner. Then
check answers with the wholeclass.
Answers
A 4 B 1 C 3 D 2
VIDEO SCRIPT
Part 1
Michael Dickmann is a Senior Lecturer at Cranfield School of
Management.
How important is it for companies to be aware of cultural
differences?
I think it’s very important and the reason is you want to avoid
misunderstandings between, you know, different cultures. These
could be down to the way people speak and communicate, so if
an English say, person says ‘It’s not too bad’, he or she might mean
‘This is excellent, this is brilliant’, I as a German or others would
understand ‘well, it’s sort of mediocre, it’s not very good, is it?’ OK,
so you want to avoid just simply language misunderstandings,
or you want to avoid cultural misunderstandings. For example,
Siemens, the German multinational, had a big problem two years
ago in relation to their ethics and using bribes in Africa. Now if I
talk to my students here sometimes, the Nigerians call it PR, Public
Relations, it’s a normal thing in their business systems to pay bribes,
yeah. Now it isn’t a normal thing for a multinational from a western
country to pay bribes. So how should people behave? So cultural
understanding and ethical behaviour goes hand in hand.
Part 2
Where do you think cultural differences are most notable in a
business context?
There are certain areas that are immediately noticeable in the
business context, for example how polite you are and how punctual
you are yeah. People realize this and they actually start to assume
bits and pieces about you, if you’re not punctual – you might not be
disciplined or something like that – so it’s important to realize those.
One level deeper, in terms of norms and values, there are certain
things that are really important in business life and these are much
more difficult to realize. For example, there is a researcher who is
called Geert Hofstede – he distinguishes between power distance,
high and low. High power distance means that you wouldn’t critique
your boss, you would listen and even if you had a different opinion,
you wouldn’t voice it and you would do what your boss tells you to
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do, OK? If you’re from a low power distance country, like Denmark,
and you go to a high power distance country, like Japan or Nigeria
or South America, the countries all there have a high power distance,
and you speak up against your boss, that is a big problem, OK? It’s
not expected and the boss feels attacked. And reverse, OK, you go
from, let’s say, Venezuela to Denmark or Sweden or Holland – all low
power distance countries – and you don’t say something when you
object, and you simply do it, and then things don’t turn out all right,
then you can’t actually say ‘Well, I wasn’t in favour of it, I just did it
because my boss said I should do it’. No, you have to actually either
voice it when the boss makes the, sort of, demand on you or it’s you
agreed implicitly to your boss. So both moves can create problems.
Part 3
Do you have examples of different cultural approaches in
international business?
It’s said there is a hamburger approach to performance
management and to critiquing people. So in the US, if you made
a mistake, you’re being asked into the office of your boss and
the boss will say something like, ‘We appreciate you and it’s
great that you joined us and we had really good reasons and
your performance is really well’, so it’s a sort of upper bun of a
hamburger, and then he or she will continue to say, ‘but last week,
this is we believe you could improve, you made wrong’. So the
criticism comes, which is the meat. And then, the language, the
conversation will be wrapped up by approaches around, ‘and we
continue to trust you, we know you will be able to rectify this error
and your performance will be good’, so this is the lower bun, then
you go out of the office.
Um, in Japan, you would only get a bun and no meat, which means
you’d be asked to enter the office of your boss, the boss talks to you
about how much he or she appreciates you and your performance
for the company, and you’d be asked to leave again. Now the very
thing that you’ve been asked to the boss, to meet the boss and talk
to the boss, is something that makes you think, ‘Oh my God, there’s
something wrong’, so you don’t get meat, but you’re meant to actually
realize what the meat is, yeah and it saves your face, of course.
Now in Germany, the hamburger is just the meat, so you’re being
asked to get into the boss’s office, you’re being told off and you get
out again. So you have three different shapes of hamburgers yeah,
and that is important to understand in terms of when you work in
these countries.
Exercise 6
r 03 Ask students to read 1–3 and, in pairs, see what they
can remember from the video. Then play Part 1 of the video
for students to check their answers. Check answers with the
whole class.
Answers
1 This is excellent, this is brilliant.
2 It’s sort of mediocre or not very good.
3 A bribe
Exercise 7
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups. You
could ask one or two groups to report their ideas to the
whole class.
Exercise 8
r 04 Ask students to look at the sentences and decide what
words are missing. They can compare their answers with a
partner. Then play Part 2 of the video for them to check their
answers. Check answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 punctual 2 disciplined 3 high 4 low
Exercise 9
Ask students to underline the words that are true for their
company and then compare answers with the rest of the class.
EXTRA ACTIVITY
If all the class is from the same country, ask them to
discuss these questions: How would they describe the
power distance in their company? Is that typical of their
country? Has it changed in the last decade or two? Which
countries would they describe as having a high power
distance or a low one? What behaviour would they see as
typical of these power distances? Which norms do they
prefer and why?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss their college or
university. Does it have a high or low power distance? What
attitudes and behaviours demonstrate their answer? How
would they describe the relationship between teachers and
students?
Exercise 10
r 05 Ask students to read the questions and discuss the
answers with a partner. Play Part 3 of the video. Check
answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 Because we can give criticism as if this was the meat in a
hamburger and soften the criticism with a soft bun around it.
2 The manager will start positively (the upper bun), then
criticise (the burger) and then finish positively again (the
lower bun).
3 Because the manager wants you to save face.
4 To just give you ‘the meat’ and to be direct about the
problem.
Exercise 11
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups and
then report back to the class. You could ask how they think
‘the hamburger approach’ would work in their company/
university/country.
Exercise 12
Ask students to identify the flags. Ask them to read the
situations and in small groups decide exactly what the
problem is and why it might have happened.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student if they travel abroad for work,
or have contact with foreign clients, suppliers etc. Ask him/
her which countries they come from. You could ask if he/she
has encountered any misunderstandings like those in the
task. You could also ask him/her to find out about cultural
differences between his/her own country and their clients’
countries, on the Internet.
Exercise 13
Ask students to turn to page 137 and compare the
explanations with theirs. Do they agree with them? Ask
students how they would handle the situations to either
prevent the problem from happening or to resolve the tricky
situation.
Further video ideas
You can find a list of suggested ideas for how to use video in
the class in the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Working online
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about online security at work
• talk about rules using must, have to, need to, can, be
allowed to
• explain him/herself clearly
• take part in a teleconference.
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues
if they are hesitant: Do you have a Smartphone? Do you
usually carry a tablet, laptop, iPad? Do you use them for work,
or when you’re free, for example, at a concert, etc.? Questions
2 and 3 can be done with the whole class or in pairs before
whole-class feedback. Encourage students to develop their
answers.
Context
Working with words
The topic of Working online gives students the language
to describe the security implications of working on
computers. Computers are essential in every sector of
twenty-first century business structure, from planning,
setting up and running processes, to projects and
administration, and so it is vital for all companies to be
aware of online security. Cyberattacks can occur in even
the most careful companies and can have a devastating
effect. Companies need to be aware of best online
practice to keep up-to-date and safe. To be able to discuss
these areas, students cover the language needed to
describe what happens when security is breached and
how to create guidelines to make systems secure again.
It is important to be able to use verbs which express
obligation, necessity, prohibition and permission
accurately, when explaining rules and guidelines. Students
are shown the differences between these verbs and are
given a range to express these ideas.
Social interaction within a company is very important. The
first day at work can be a daunting experience for anyone,
so in this unit, students learn how to explain sequences
of action clearly and helpfully. This entails giving the
company rules and guidelines.
In the Talking point, students will have the opportunity to
work in groups to write guidelines and rules concerning
how employees spend time online during working hours.
They will present these to the class.
Exercise 1
Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions. Ask
one or two pairs to share the ideas they came up with in
whole-class feedback.
Possible answer
3 Strong passwords contain a mixture of letters and numbers,
upper and lower case, do not contain common words,
memorable dates, names or places.
Exercise 2
Ask students to look at the title and discuss what might
be in the article. Ask them to read the article and decide
what the writer’s purpose is. Tell them it is not necessary to
understand all the words at this stage. Let students compare
their answers with a partner. Provide feedback on answers
with the whole class.
Answer
To convince businesses to invest in online security.
Exercise 3
Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions.
Provide whole-class feedback for the first question and then
ask two or three pairs to explain their answer to question 2 in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 The writer supports the view by describing the Spamhaus’s
cyberattack, the fact that 79% of executives are not confident
about their company’s level of online protection, and the lack
of spending by companies on cybersecurity.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS You could ask students about their
own online security, and how confident they feel about it.
How do they stay secure?
Exercise 4
Students work in pairs. If necessary, check the first answer
with the whole class. Then tell students to find the words in
the article in 2 to work out the meanings. Check the answers
in whole-class feedback.
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Answers
2 was down
3 victim
4 prevent
5 vulnerable
6 hacker
7 network
8 encrypt
EXTENSION Ask students to take turns to practise the
vocabulary. Student A gives the definitions and Student B
gives the words. They then swap roles.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to cover 4. Give the definitions
and he/she gives the words. You could revise next class by
giving the student the words and asking him/her to give the
definitions.
Exercise 5
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner.
You could ask two or three pairs to tell the class about
what happened to them or anyone they know, if they are
willing to.
Exercise 6
l 7.1 Tell students they are going to listen to three people
talking about online security. Tell them to read the types of
online security, which they are going to match with each
person. Play the listening. Let them compare answers with a
partner. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
Speaker 1: b
Speaker 2: a
Speaker 3: c
Exercise 7
l 7.1 Ask students to look at the verbs 1–7 and the nouns
a–g. Play the listening again. Students work in pairs to match
the collocations.
Answers
1 f 2 b 3 a 4 g 5 e 6 c 7 d
To practise word stress in collocations,
write the collocation upgrade software on the board. Ask
students which syllables are stressed and mark them on the
board. Ask students to mark the stressed syllables in the rest
of the collocations. Students take turns to practise saying
them.
PRONUNCIATION
Answers
1 upgrade software
2 back up data
3 encrypt files
4 create a new password
5 open attachments
6 share documents
7 run scans
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to make and answer
questions using the collocations from 7 about their own
personal online security.
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Put students into three groups, A, B, C. Ask group A to
find three or four words that go with cyber-, group B to
find three or four words that go with online, and group C
to find three or four words that go with computer. They
should find the definitions and make a sentence to show
the word in context. Then regroup into new groups of
A, B, C and each student teaches the others in their group
their words.
Possible answers
Cyber – attack, bully, café, crime, naut
Online – security, dating, banking, post something online, go
online, be online
Computer – game, hacker, literacy, science, error, software, virus,
glitch
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 7 on
page 118 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 9
Students work in pairs. They could think of several important
areas where companies have guidelines for working online,
for example, password security, personal use, sending
information out to clients/freelancers, downloading
programmes or surfing the Internet.
Remind students to use the words and expressions from
4 and 7. Monitor, checking that students are using the words
correctly.
Ask students to imagine they work in a
well-known company and write the guidelines, coming up
with a minimum of five. They could find information about
the company on the Internet.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to write the guidelines. He/
she then presents them to you, giving reasons for his/her
choices.
EXTENSION Ask the pairs to split up and make small groups
of four to six. Then each student presents their guidelines
to the group, giving reasons for their choices. You could
ask each group to come up with a group list of five or six
guidelines to present to the whole class.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 7 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 8
Students work in pairs, taking turns to ask and answer
questions, using the collocations in 7. Ask them to extend
their answers by giving reasons. Ask two or three pairs to ask
and answer their questions for whole-class feedback.
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Language at work
Exercise 1
With a partner, students discuss the prompts. They could
think of an example of a rule for each one. Ask two or three
pairs for their ideas for whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss the rules in
their school or college. Which rules do they find surprising, if
any?
companies. Students work in pairs, choose a company in the
area and imagine they have an online security consultancy
firm. They have been asked to provide security measures for
the company they have chosen. Students make a list of the
measures and the reasons for suggesting them. Then they
present their ideas to the class.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 7 on
page 119 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the rules and answer the questions.
How are the rules at their company different from the
company rules here?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about the rules
in their school or college. Has there ever been a breach of
security? What happened? Are there any ways they think
security could be improved?
l 7.2 Explain the situation to the students. A new employee
is shown to her desk. She has some questions about rules
in the company. Play the listening. Students discuss, in pairs,
which rules the speakers discussed. Check answers in wholeclass feedback.
Answers
The rules they discuss are related to creating a password and
making personal calls.
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the rules in 2 again quickly. With a
partner, they then complete the Language point using the
words in bold. Then do whole-class feedback.
Answers
2 have to
3 need to
4 are not allowed to
5 mustn’t
6 are allowed to
7 can
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 119 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
Students work individually. Refer them to the Tip. They
underline the correct verb in italics. Let them check their
answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 are allowed to
2 have to
3 mustn’t
4 can
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the sentences and
complete them so they are true for them. They then take
turns giving their sentences. Ask them to find out more
information about the rules and policies by asking questions
using the verbs in the Language point, and whether their
partner thinks they are successful or not and why. Monitor,
checking they are using the verbs correctly.
Check by asking some pairs to report back on what they
thought were the most sensible, interesting or surprising
rules and policies, for whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to talk about their school
or college, and decide what rules and policies they expect
the college to have.
If students all work for the same company,
ask them to think about different areas of business, for
example, computer software, car manufacturing, transport
ALTERNATIVE
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Exercise 7
l 7.2 Students listen again and write down the three
questions they hear. Let them compare their answers with a
partner, and then check the answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 Do I have to use a password with the laptop?
2 Am I allowed to choose my own?
3 Can I make personal calls from this phone?
PRONUNCIATION Ask students to listen to the questions
again and listen for the rising/falling intonation. Ask them to
repeat. You could write the first question on the board and
ask them to tell you what they hear, and then mark the stress
and intonation to show them how.
Answers
1 Do I have to use a password with the laptop?
2 Am I allowed to choose my own?
3 Can I make personal calls from this phone?
Exercise 8
Explain the situation to the students. They work in pairs and
follow the instructions. Give students some time to prepare
the rules and questions.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to
have the conversation in front of the class.
ALTERNATIVE You could put all the Student As and Bs
together in two groups. The As come up with the rules for
the company, and the Bs come up with the questions. Then
divide them into AB pairs and they follow the instructions for
the role-play.
Students imagine they work in a
(real) company. They could find out information about the
company from the Internet, as different companies may
have different levels of security.
Set up the role-play as suggested above.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 7 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Practically speaking
Business communication
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
Start by asking students how often they register with
websites. Do they register for work or for personal things?
Ask them what sorts of websites they register with, then
ask them to discuss with a partner the questions about the
information they do or don’t give to websites.
Ask two or three pairs for their responses for whole-class
feedback.
Ask students to look at the picture and discuss the questions
with a partner. Discuss the answers in whole-class feedback.
Exercise 2
l 7.3 Explain the situation to the students. Ask them to think
about when they have registered with a website and put the
stages in order before you play the listening. They then listen
and check their answers.
Answers
2 Click ‘register’ button
3 Receive temporary password
4 Change temporary password
5 Agree to terms and conditions
6 Start using the site
l 7.3 Ask students to read the sentences and write in the
missing words. Then play the listening again for them to
check the answers.
1 begin
2 then
3 Next
Pros: You can talk to people who are not near, for example in
another city or country.
There are economies of time – people don’t have to travel to a
meeting and so miss work.
Cons: Sometimes there are misunderstandings when you aren’t
face-to-face.
It’s hard to build up a good working relationship if you don’t
meet the other people.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine what taking
part in a teleconference is like, how easy it would be to
explain something complex, or take notes, for example, and
what advantages and disadvantages it could have.
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Answers
Possible answers
4 Once
5 now
6 before
Remind students that when they give
instructions, they should pause after each instruction to
give the listener time to carry it out. Ask them to take turns
reading the sentences to a partner, explaining how to
register. For example, OK. // So start by filling in these details
first. // And then click register. // Then it’ll email you a temporary
password // which you can change. // Once you’ve done that //
you can log on …, etc.
PRONUNCIATION
Exercise 4
Students work in pairs. Tell them to choose one of the
processes and spend a few minutes getting the sequence in
order so they can tell their partner about it. Refer students to
the Tip. When they are explaining the process, they can give
reasons for the way something is done, and their partner
should ask questions to find out more information.
Monitor, checking they are giving clear explanations and
pausing so their partner can follow them easily.
Ask students to find another partner and either
tell the new partner about their process or explain their first
partner’s process.
EXTENSION
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think of a website they
have logged on to previously, for example, Facebook, and
explain to a partner what to do to log on.
l 7.4 Explain the situation to students. Tell them to read
the questions to see what information to listen for. Explain
there are three parts to the teleconference. Play the listening.
Students answer the questions individually and then
compare their answers with a partner.
Answers
1 Lauren
2 Too quiet
3 Raymond and Helmi
4 Vance asks Raymond to speak first and then Helmi.
5 If they have any questions
6 An email with all the main points from their meeting
Exercise 3
l 7.4 Ask students to read the expressions for starting,
managing and ending the call and try to put them in order
before they listen.
Play the listening again and students check the answers
with a partner. If necessary, listen again and pause after each
sentence to elicit the answer in whole-class feedback.
Answers
Starting
2 We’re just waiting for Raymond.
1 Lauren is here with me.
3 Your line isn’t very good. Can you speak up?
Managing
5 Lauren, can you speak first?
7 Would you like to comment?
4 OK, let’s begin. Today, I want to discuss …
6 Raymond, can you speak first? And then Helmi, you can speak
next.
Ending
8 I think that covers everything.
11 Thank you everyone for coming.
9 Are there any questions before we finish?
10 I’ll sum up the main points in an email.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 7 on
page 118 of the Student’s Book.
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Exercise 4
Exercise 2
Explain the situation to the students. They work individually.
After reading the email, they make some notes for the
meeting.
Divide the groups into two pairs, A and B. Start the task,
making sure the pairs discuss each of the areas they
suggested in 1 and come to an agreement on their
guidelines and rules. It might be a good idea to give the
groups a time limit to work on this part of the task. A few
minutes before the end of the task, ask the groups to reach
agreement on the guidelines and rules.
Exercise 5
Students work in small groups. Using their notes from 4 and
the Key expressions, they have the conversation. If students
have mobile phones or Skype, they could call each other.
It might be a good idea to have them sit back to back to
imitate a phone call.
Monitor, making sure the students are using the correct
expressions.
Ask two or three groups to do the conversation for wholeclass feedback. Check they are using the expressions
correctly.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to prepare for the call as
instructed in 4. Then have the call. Make sure he/she leads
and manages the call.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 7 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 3
The pairs join up again. Each pair then presents their
guidelines and rules to the group. Those listening can ask
questions to get more details. The whole group then works
together to find areas where they have similar views and
discuss differences. As a group they try to reach agreement
on a final set of guidelines and rules to present to the whole
class.
Then each group presents their guidelines. You could ask the
class which set of guidelines and rules they think would be
most successful, and why.
EXTENSION You could ask the students to create their own
survey about online use at work / in college in small groups.
Then they interview the students in the other groups.
Discussion
When they have all the information, they could create and
present their own infographic. They could also present three
or four guidelines which arise from the information in the
infographic.
Exercise 1
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to prepare the guidelines and
present them to you.
Talking point
As a lead-in, ask students if they work with a computer at
work, and how much time they spend online. Ask them to
read the information in the infographic and say which is the
most and least surprising piece of data, and why.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 7 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 2
Ask students to work in small groups and discuss the
questions. Ask two or three groups to report back for wholeclass feedback.
Exercise 3
Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions. Ask
a few pairs to report back for whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Students can discuss how much
time they spend online doing other things when they are
supposed to be studying.
Task
Exercise 1
Students work in groups of four. Set up the situation and ask
them to think of four or five areas that need to be discussed.
Give groups time to prepare their suggestions.
Possible areas
Length of time for personal use
Sites allowed or not allowed to visit
Things not allowed to do (buying things, sending personal
emails, etc.)
Watching movies, playing games, etc.
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Finance
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about how to finance a new business idea
• talk about future predictions using will, going to,
may, might
• use will in different ways
• give a presentation with visual information.
Context
The topic of Finance gives students the language to
describe the financial aspects of a project. All companies
need to be aware of how to source the capital needed to
start a business or finance a project. It is not only essential
to raise money for a business, but also to consider the
investors and their expectations. To do this, students
cover the language needed to discuss budgets, financial
forecasts, dividends, commission and equity.
It is important to be able to use future forms accurately
when predicting results and possibilities. Students will
describe a wide range of predictions about companies,
and wider national and global events which can affect
companies and their finances. They go on to discuss
setting up an office in another country.
In this unit, students will learn about different functions
for the verb form will. This will cover predictions, promises,
making decisions and giving conditions. They will go on
to practise presenting visual information about the future,
using all of the future forms covered in the unit.
In the Talking point, the students will discuss investment
opportunities and crowdfunding. Each student presents
a crowdfunding opportunity and they all decide which
idea is the most attractive investment opportunity. They
then discover which of the four possibilities was the most
successful.
Starting point
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them
cues if they are hesitant: What is the job title of the person –
accountant, finance director, line manager, etc.? The second
and third questions can be done in pairs before whole-class
feedback. Encourage students to develop their answers.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about a real
company. Who do they think deals with finances? You
could ask them to find out what the names of the people
who deal with money in a company are, for example, the
Accounts Department, the Finance Director, the directors, an
accountant, a line manager, etc.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the different
ways of raising money and then ask them to discuss their
ideas in groups and come up with some pros and cons
for each.
Possible answers
Pros
Cons
From a bank
A secure loan
The bank needs all your
financial history and will
charge interest
From a rich
relative or
friend
No interest to
pay
May cause problems
with family or friend if
you can’t pay back
From a
business
investor
Could benefit
from the
investor’s
experience
Will want a share of the
company
Find a
business
partner
You can share
the pressure
You only get half the
profits and you may
disagree
Use lots of
credit cards
Fast way
to get the
finance
High interest rates
Save up the
money
No interest
and you are
independent
You have to wait before
you can start and
someone might start a
similar business in the
meantime
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Exercise 2
Ask students to read the questions and then the article. Tell
students it’s not necessary to understand all the words, only
the general sense. Provide whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work for
different well-known companies and answer the questions.
You could ask them to look up the information for each on
the Internet as preparation for the exercise.
Answers
Exercise 7
1 Lauren Peers and Mike Thompson raised the money for their
businesses through crowdfunding sites.
2 Lauren gave one investor ownership of a cat, and Mike had to
give away a 40% share in the business.
Exercise 3
Ask students to compare ideas in their groups. For example,
Why is crowdfunding sometimes a good idea? What sort of
businesses would find it useful? What problems could there be?
After the group work, provide feedback with the whole class
by asking someone from each group for their group’s ideas.
Exercise 4
Ask students to read the article in 2 again quickly and notice
the words in bold. If necessary, do the first answer with
the whole class and then ask them to complete the other
sentences individually. Let them compare answers with a
partner before doing whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 loan
2 capital
3 budding entrepreneurs
4 potential investors
5 dividends
6 financial forecasts
7 commission
8 shares
9 equity
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs by covering the answers in 4 and
taking turns to read out the definitions and remember the
words.
PRONUNCIATION Ask students to mark the stress on the
answers in 4. Monitor, checking students are stressing the
right syllables.
Answers
capital
budding entrepreneurs
potential investors
dividends
financial forecasts
commission
equity
You read the definition and the student gives
the word or words. You could revise in the next class by
reading the word(s) and asking him/her for the definition.
ONE-TO-ONE
Exercise 6
Ask students to read the article in 2 again quickly and
complete the sentences with the missing preposition. Check
answers in whole-class feedback. Then ask students to ask
and answer the questions with a partner. Monitor, checking
they are using the correct prepositions.
Answers
1 for
2 back
3 towards
4 out
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Students work in pairs. Tell them to scan the article in 2
and find what the numbers refer to. Remind students what
scanning is, i.e. reading a text quickly to find specific pieces
of information like a number, time, name, etc. Check the
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
100,000 – the capital Lauren Peers needed to open her business
60 – the number of days in which Lauren raised £110,000
7,000 – the number of bookings at the cat café on the first day
£20,000 – the amount one woman paid Lauren in return for a cat
98 – the number of Mike’s investors
£80,000 – the amount the investors paid Mike
40% – the share in the company that Mike gave away for
investment
5% – the approximate commission some crowdfunding sites
take for their services
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Ask students to check their dictionaries to find the
prepositions that can go with the following verbs and
expressions: spend money, save, waste money, borrow
money, take money, owe, get money. Then they can write a
sentence for each expression. You could ask them to say
their sentence, without the expression, and ask a partner
which expression is missing.
Possible answers
spend money on
save up for
waste money on
borrow money for/from
take money out (of )
owe money to/for
get money off
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 8 on
page 120 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 8
Students work in small groups and follow the instructions.
Give students time to choose the business idea and come
up with the answers to the questions. You could give them
a time limit. Remind them that they will give a presentation
of their business idea and plans to raise money. Remind
them of the time limit a few minutes before you want them
to end.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to think of a new idea that
would benefit his/her business. Tell him/her that he/she
has to raise the money via a crowdfunding website. Ask the
student to prepare a presentation to give to the board of
his/her company about the new idea, the investors he/she
would like to attract and what the investors can hope to
receive in return for their investment.
Exercise 9
Each group presents their ideas to the class. Those listening
should try to come up with some questions to get more
information. The class decides which group is offering the
best investment opportunity.
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Further practice
Download and photocopy Unit 8 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to make a list in groups. Ask one or two groups
to give feedback to the whole class.
Possible answers
heating, training, stationery, coffee, office cleaning, decorating,
travel to meetings, meetings with customers, etc.
Tell students to imagine they work
for a (real) company. Put the students into small groups.
Tell each group to choose a department and think about
the expenses it would have and make the list. They can
then tell the other groups their list. Which expenses do
all departments have, and which ones are for particular
departments?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 2
Tell students to look at the table and answer the questions.
Let them compare answers with a partner. Check the
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
The department is over budget on overtime and travel.
It can still spend money on wages, training, recruitment and
legal fees.
Exercise 3
l 8.1 Explain that students are going to listen to three parts
of a budget meeting. Tell them to write down which budget
expenses are being discussed. Students compare answers
with a partner and then do whole-class feedback.
Answers
Part 1: wages and overtime
Part 2: travel and training
Part 3: travel, recruitment and wages
Answers
a Sentence 1 b (be going to)
b Very certain in sentence 6 f (will definitely)
Fairly certain in sentence 4 a (will probably)
Less certain in sentence 7 d (’ll possibly)
c 2 c (might), 3 g (may) and 5 e (could)
The main verbs in all the sentences are in the infinitive without
to form.
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 121 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Tell students to underline the correct form of the verbs. If
necessary, do the first sentence with the whole class. Remind
them that in one sentence both forms are possible. Students
work in pairs. Check with whole-class feedback, eliciting why
students’ answers are incorrect, if necessary.
Answers
1 ’re going to
2 may
3 ’ll definitely
4 might not
5 ’s going to
6 could/might
7 definitely won’t
8 could
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 8 on
page 121 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Students work individually to think about their own
predictions for the prompts. Then put students in small
groups to discuss the predictions. Monitor, checking
students are using the correct future form. Ask two or three
groups for predictions in whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS For the first prompt, ask students to
talk about their own budget/spending over the coming
year. If students don’t know about tax rates, retirement age,
pensions and interest rates, you could ask them to find the
information on the Internet.
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Exercise 5
Explain the situation and tell students to work in groups
of four. The groups divide into two pairs and follow the
instructions. Pair A turns to page 137 and pair B turns to
page 142. While pair A is giving the presentation of their
budget breakdown, pair B must listen and come up with
questions about the details of the budget. The pairs should
try to reach an agreement on how the budget should be
split between each expense, and whether each expense is
realistic or not. Provide whole-class feedback by getting one
or two groups to report back on their meeting.
Refer students to the Tip. Ask them to read the answers in
4 and use sentence numbers 1–7 to complete a–c in the
Language point. Let students check answers with a partner,
before whole-class feedback.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to look at the information on
page 137 and prepare their presentation. You look at the
information on page 142 and prepare questions to ask after
he/she has given his/her presentation.
Exercise 4
l 8.1 Ask students to read the sentence beginnings 1–7 and
match them to a–g to complete the sentences. Let students
compare answers with a partner. Play the listening again for
them to check the answers.
Answers
2 c 3 g 4 a 5 e 6 f 7 d
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Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Start by asking students to read the sentences and, with a
partner, decide what each situation might be. Do not correct
answers here, as they come in the listening in 2. Accept all
possible answers at this stage.
Exercise 2
l 8.2 Explain that students are going to listen to four
conversations and check if their ideas in 1 were correct.
Play the listening and let students compare answers in pairs
before checking answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 One speaker (possibly a financial adviser) is suggesting the
other person keeps their shares.
2 a negotiation
3 at a restaurant
4 a manager asking for an employee’s report
Exercise 3
Ask students to match the sentences from 1 to the uses of
will. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
a 4 b 1 c 3 d 2
Play listening 8.2 again and ask students
to notice how will is pronounced. Ask them to mark the
sentence stress. Students take turns practising saying the
sentences.
PRONUNCIATION
Answers
1 The presentation is about investing in university student
property in the UK. Investors might be interested because
numbers of students are rising and the return on property
investment is estimated at 19% per year.
2 A 1 B 4 C 2 D 3
Exercise 3
l 8.3 Ask students to look at the expressions before they
listen and try to match them to the slides. Play the listening
again, students check their answers. If necessary, listen again
and pause after each sentence to elicit the answer.
Answers
Slide 1
Take a look at this
chart.
Slide 2
As you can see on
this chart, …
f
This slide shows a
forecasted annual
return of 19%.
f
This chart shows you
the returns …
f
It’s based on data
from one of the
country’s leading
estate agents.
f
f
1 I’d keep them. I’m sure they’ll /ðeɪl/ go up again.
2 If you pay before the end of the month, I’ll / aɪl/ give you a
10% discount.
3 Yes, I think I’ll /aɪl / have the soup for starters and steak for my
main course.
4 No, sorry. I’ll /aɪl / get it to you tomorrow at the latest.
Also notice in
particular this grey
line.
f
Exercise 4
This upward trend
will definitely
continue.
f
The demand
for student
accommodation is
going to increase.
f
Ask students to work in pairs to make four short
conversations with the prompt sentences. Ask them
to practise saying the sentences. Tell students to work
in new pairs and practise their own and their partner’s
conversations. Provide feedback by asking two or three pairs
to perform their conversations for the class.
Business communication
I’d like to draw your
attention to the first
line …
We think your
investment will rise
annually by 9%.
Slide 4
f
Each line is split into
two …
Answers
Slide 3
f
f
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the information in the slides and
answer the questions. At this stage, accept all possible
answers, as the answers come in the listening in 2.
Exercise 2
l 8.3 Ask students to listen to the presentation and check
their answers to 1. Play the listening. Ask students to number
the slides in the correct order. Let students compare answers
with a partner and then check with the whole class.
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Exercise 4
Students work in pairs. Tell them this is a practice for their
own presentation in 5. Ask them to look at the slides A–D
in 1, the answers in 3 and refer them to the Key expressions.
They then take turns presenting the slides. Monitor, making
sure the students are clear when presenting the information
on the slides and that they are using the language from the
Key expressions.
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Exercise 5
Exercise 2
Students discuss the questions. Check their ideas in wholeclass feedback. Ask them to come up with two or three
reasons for their choice.
Students can discuss the question in small groups before
whole-class feedback.
Possible answer
This exercise could be run as a whole-class discussion.
Investing in student accommodation is a good idea as
the number of students, and therefore the demand for
accommodation, is going to increase.
Exercise 3
Task
Exercise 1
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 8 on
page 120 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Students work in pairs. Tell them to prepare a short
presentation with the information on the relevant pages.
Student A turns to page 138, and B to page 143. Give them
a time limit for the preparation. They then decide whether it
is a good investment or not and give their reasons. Provide
whole-class feedback by getting two or three pairs to give
presentations.
Students work in groups of four. Ask each student in the
group to choose one of the crowdfunding ideas from the
article.
Exercise 2
Give students time to each prepare a two-minute
presentation following the instructions, making sure they
cover all the points. You could suggest they prepare in AA
and BB pairs if you think it is necessary for weaker students.
Exercise 3
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Each student then gives their presentation to the group.
Remind those listening that they can ask questions at the
end of each presentation, not during.
After all four presentations, the group decides on the most
attractive investment. Then ask each group to report to the
class on the investment they chose and their reasons for
choosing it.
Talking point
Exercise 4
Ask the student to give a presentation using all
the information on both slides on pages 138 and 143.
ONE-TO-ONE
Download and photocopy Unit 8 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Finally, turn to page 138 and find out what happened to
each crowdfunding idea. Which students chose the most
successful idea?
Discussion
Exercise 1
Ask students to look at the pictures and work out what they
show. Ask students to read the article and discuss the pros
and cons of each idea with a partner.
Possible answers
Pros
Cons
Fish on
wheels
An unusual toy for
people who have
everything; not a lot
of money required.
Has no real use.
MiRing
You never miss a
call.
The light and the
vibration could be
annoying. A lot of
money needed in a
very short time.
New York City
Opera
Cultural and
historical company,
people get
something for the
money they invest.
Opera is not very
popular with a lot of
people, it’s expensive
to produce so
it needs a huge
amount of money.
Form1
Affordable,
professional 3D
printer for home
use.
A lot of money
needed. How useful
is a 3D printer?
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to choose one of the
crowdfunding ideas and give his/her presentation. When
they have given the presentation, turn to page 138 and
find out what happened to each. Did they choose the most
successful idea?
Progress test
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test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Logistics
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about logistics and supply chains
• ask direct and indirect questions
• use say and tell
• place and handle orders.
Context
The topic of Logistics gives students the language to
discuss the practical organization that is needed to make
a complicated plan successful when many different
people and equipment are involved. All companies need
to have systems in place to efficiently organize and plan
how its resources can make it successful. Examples of
resources include human resources (the staff ), technical
systems and services, transport and administration.
Learners cover the language needed to discuss logistics
and supply chains, covering importing, transporting,
storing and keeping track of goods.
It is important to be able to have conversations with
customers and suppliers. To do this, students will learn
how to use direct and indirect questions appropriately to
achieve successful outcomes in conversations. Students
will also tackle the difference between say and tell.
In this unit, students will also learn how to place and
handle orders, including where they have not arrived on
the designated date. They will have the opportunity to
role-play situations, both as a customer and supplier, and
resolve a problem concerning an order.
In the Talking point, students will discuss the increasing
phenomenon of shadow work. They will have the
opportunity to discuss what it is and the effect it has
on work–life balance. They will present a list of jobs that
could become shadow work and the benefits this could
have for customers.
Starting point
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues
if they are hesitant: Have you heard the word? Where have
you seen the word? The second question can be done with
the whole class or in pairs before whole-class feedback.
Encourage students to develop their answers.
Answer
Logistics is the practical organization that is needed to make
a complicated plan successful when a lot of people and
equipment are involved.
It can also be defined as the business of transporting and
delivering goods.
From http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the questions
and then ask them to discuss their ideas in small groups to
come up with a list.
Possible answer
The list could include cost, time, size of order, packing materials,
how fragile the goods are, customs and laws on certain goods.
Exercise 2
Ask students to look at the picture in the article. Ask them
what type of business they think Emad Razavi runs. What do
they think some of the challenges are? Tell them to read the
questions and then the article. Tell students it’s not necessary
to understand all the words, only the general sense. Provide
feedback on answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 Sourcing the goods. Transportation. Storage and showroom.
2 Sourcing the goods: buying them from nomadic tribes and
through middlemen. He has to trust them.
Transportation: How to transport them depending on the
country they are coming from.
Storage and showroom: Each rug is unique so he needs
records on each one.
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the article in 2 again quickly and match
the definitions to the words in bold. Let students compare
answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 supply chain
2 handmade
3 inventory
4 origin
5 showroom
6 middlemen
7 shipment
8 run low on
9 keep track of
Dictate these words from the article and ask
students to mark the stress. Then they practise by taking
turns saying the words: business, imports (v) supply chain,
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handmade, inventory, origin, showroom, middlemen, shipment,
contacts, transports (v), condition, warehouse, client.
To revise these words, give the student a word
and ask him/her to give the definition.
ONE-TO-ONE
Exercise 4
Ask students to discuss the points in small groups. Provide
whole-class feedback by asking different groups to report
back on each point.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Students work in small groups. Ask
them to imagine they are in different businesses supplying
different goods, for example, foodstuffs, electrical goods,
clothes, technological items. Give them some time to
prepare ideas on how each point is important to their
business. If necessary, they could find some information on
the Internet.
Ask them to discuss each point in their group and then
provide feedback by asking them to report back on how one
of the points affects their business.
Exercise 5
l 9.1 Tell students they are going to listen to another
business owner talking about his business. Elicit the areas
that the article in 2 covered, and ask students to read the
questions. Play the listening. Let students compare answers
with a partner. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 They both run businesses which specialize and provide a
personal touch.
2 with bar codes
3 He sometimes uses a tracking facility.
Exercise 6
l 9.1 Ask students to read the sentences and complete
them with the missing words. Play the listening again for
them to check their answers. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 in
2 out
3 on
4 low
5 up
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Tell them to look at the answers in
6 and match them to the meanings. Check the answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
to have a product available for sale: to keep in stock
to not have many: to run low (on something)
to not have any: to run out (of something)
to buy a lot of something: to stock up on
to be waiting for a delivery: to be on order
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 9 on page
122 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 8
Students work in pairs and follow the instructions. Give them
time to choose the product and work out the supply chain. If
they have problems coming up with a product or company,
you could suggest a company like Amazon, or one known
in the area, or something like a laptop computer. You could
give them a time limit. Students then take turns describing
their product supply chain to their partner.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three
students to report to the class.
EXTENSION You could ask students to change partners and
either explain their product supply chain again or their first
partner’s supply chain. They could do this two or three more
times for extra practice.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 9 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the question. Ask
one or two pairs to feed back to the whole class.
Possible answers
A air freight: advantage – speed; disadvantage – cost
B cargo ship: advantage – ability to transport larger containers,
etc.; disadvantage – slow
C truck/articulated lorry: advantage – delivery to door;
disadvantage – traffic delays
Exercise 2
l 9.2 Tell students to listen to the customer enquiry and
answer the questions. Play the listening. Let students
compare answers with a partner. Check the answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 They want to deliver documents.
2 They are going to use air transportation
Exercise 3
l 9.2 Tell students to read the pairs of questions. Play the
listening. Students tick the five questions they hear. Get
them to compare answers with a partner and then do
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b
Exercise 4
Ask students to read the questions in 3 and decide which are
direct and which are indirect. Let students compare answers
with a partner and then check answers with the whole class.
Answers
The b questions are direct. The a questions are indirect.
1 a I was wondering if I could get a quote.
2 a I’d like to know how much it costs to send a package.
3 a Could you tell me how big the package is?
4 a Do you have any idea how long that takes?
5 a Would you mind telling me what the price is?
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Exercise 5
Ask students to read the questions in 3 again and choose
the correct options to complete the Language point. They
then check answers with a partner before whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 more
2 indirect
3 if
4 before
Write the first indirect question on the
board, I was wondering if I could get a quote. Ask students
to listen to how the phrase I was wondering if is chunked,
/aɪwəzwʌndrɪŋɪf/ as one word. Ask students to practise
saying the other indirect question chunks as if they’re one
word:
I’d like to know … /aɪdlaɪktənəʊ/
Could you tell me … /kədjutelmi/
Do you have any idea … /dəjuəveniaɪˈdɪə/
Would you mind telling me … /wədjumaɪndtelɪŋmi/
PRONUNCIATION
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 123 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Students work in pairs. Tell them to think of one direct and
one indirect question for each of the situations. Remind
students about chunking the indirect questions. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Possible answers
1 What time would you like the delivery? / Could you tell me
when you would like the delivery?
2 Why haven’t they arrived yet? / I’d like to know why they
haven’t arrived yet.
3 Can you speak up? / Would you mind speaking up?
4 Who did you speak to? / Do you have any idea who you
spoke to?
Ask students to make short, two- to three-line,
conversations using direct and indirect questions. Students
can practise by taking turns to ask and answer the questions.
EXTENSION
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 9 on page
123 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. They turn to the relevant page and
follow the instructions. Student A turns to page 139, and B
stays on page 61. They work individually to think about their
own information for the phone calls, making questions to
get the information they need.
Then students have the phone calls. If there’s room, ask the
students to sit back to back for the calls. Monitor, checking
students are using both question forms.
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Practically speaking
Exercise 1
l 9.3 Start by explaining the situation and asking students
to listen and answer the questions. Play the listening. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
The employee reports on a meeting with a client. The manager
decides to meet the client next week on Friday.
Exercise 2
l 9.3 Ask students to complete the sentences with say or
tell. Let them compare answers with a partner, then play the
listening again to check answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 tell
2 says
3 tell
4 say
5 say
6 tell
Exercise 3
Ask students to match the meaning of say and tell in the
sentences from 2 to the definitions a–f. Check answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
b 4 c 2 d 5 e 6 f 3
Exercise 4
Ask students to work in pairs. Refer them to the Tip. Ask
students to have the conversation, following the instructions
and using the flow chart. Monitor, checking they are using
the question forms and say and tell correctly.
Tell students to swap partners and go through the flow chart
conversation again.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to
perform their conversations for the class.
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Dictate these parts of expressions; … a joke, … something
funny, … a story, … what you mean, … (something) out
loud, … a lie, … somebody to do something, that was a
very unkind thing to … Ask students to decide which
expressions go with say and which with tell.
Tell them to check their answers in their dictionaries.
Answers
Tell: … a joke, … a story, … a lie, … somebody to do something
Say: … something funny, … what you mean, … (something) out
loud, that was very unkind thing to …
EXTRA ACTIVITY
Ask students to prepare a message that they would leave
on someone’s voicemail. They then read it to their partner,
who takes notes. Afterwards, the listener has to report
the message back. This means that the listener has to use
say and tell and also ensures that he/she took the correct
information. You may need to remind students about the
tense and time word changes for reporting speech.
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Business communication
Exercise 1
Tell students to look at the title and the picture and
guess what the people could be doing. Check students
understand what a motherboard is – it’s the main board of
a computer, containing all the circuits. Then ask students to
read the email and answer the questions. Let them check
their answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 2,000 motherboards
2 yes
3 asap (as soon as possible)
4 on account
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the email in 1 again and underline the
phrases for placing an order. Check answers with the whole
class.
Answers
I would like to place an order for 2,000 motherboards. This is a
repeat order. We need these urgently so please send them asap.
Please charge it to our account as usual.
Exercise 3
l 9.4 Students work in pairs. Before they listen, ask them to
imagine how Gisele is feeling after the two-week delay. Was
the equipment needed urgently? (Yes). How would they feel
in the situation? What would they want to know?
Ask students to read the supplier’s information to know
what to listen for. Play the listening. Let students compare
their answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
Account: Abracomp
Account reference: PG 278
Date of order: 11 February
Product description: motherboards
Quantity: 2,000
Dispatched: Yes
Date and time dispatched: the afternoon of the 11th
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 9 on page
122 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Student A turns to page 139, and
B to page 143. They take turns to role-play the situations
on the phone. Give students time to read the information
and prepare the questions and answers for each of their
situations. Refer them to the Key expressions. If possible, have
the students sit back to back so they can’t see each other.
Give them a time limit for each situation. You could give
them a signal to change situations. Monitor, checking they
are using the language from the Key expressions. Provide
whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to act out
their phone calls.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 9 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Ask students to look at the pictures and the title of the
article. What do they think shadow work is? Ask the class for
ideas. Then tell students to read the article and answer the
questions. Ask two or three students for their ideas.
Ask students to think about their
college or university. Are there occasions where they think
they have to do / find out things for themself that might
in the past have been provided by their teachers? What
advantages and disadvantages can they think of for working
more independently?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 2
Ask students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages
of shadow work for businesses with a partner. Check answers
by asking one or two pairs for their ideas.
Possible answer
Shadow work may reduce a business’s costs but it may also put
off customers who prefer more traditional customer service.
Exercise 4
l 9.4 Students work in pairs. Tell them to read the sentence
halves and match 1–8 and a–h to make complete sentences.
Play the listening for them to check their answers. If
necessary, stop after each sentence and elicit the answer.
Answers
1 f 2 e 3 g 4 c 5 a 6 d 7 h 8 b
Remind students that to clarify spelling we can
use common words (names, cities, countries) to illustrate a
letter: That’s P for Peter.
For easily confused numbers, for example, 18 and 80, you
can say each digit after the number: The number is 18 – one,
eight.
Ask students to spell their names, give dates and numbers
using the clarifications for practice.
EXTENSION
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Check
answers by asking one or two pairs for their ideas. You could
continue with questions: Can they think of other examples
of shadow work? How will shadow work increase in the
future?
Possible answer
Some people might enjoy doing shadow work such as browsing
for products online or being in charge of their own shopping
because it makes them feel they are saving time rather than
losing free-time.
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Task
Exercise 1
Ask each student in the class to think about their own
company or business and make a list of the different jobs
involved in producing their goods or offering their services.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to work in pairs and find
out about a (real) business from the Internet. They should
then make a list of the jobs involved in running this business.
Exercise 2
Give students time to think about how they can make some
of the jobs on their lists into shadow work, and what the
benefits to the company could be.
Exercise 3
Students work in pairs, taking turns to present their
company’s goods and services and the ideas they have
about shadow work to each other.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to
give their presentations. Then ask the class how they think
the customers and clients would feel if the jobs became
shadow work? How would the staff in the company feel?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Put students in small groups and ask
them to imagine they work for a (real) company or business.
They make a list of the different jobs involved in producing
the company’s goods or offering its service. Each small
group can take a different company. They could look up
the information about the company they choose on the
Internet.
Give students time to think about how they can make some
of the jobs on their lists into shadow work and how that
could benefit the company.
Now pair students from different groups so they can take
turns to present their company’s goods and services and the
ideas they have about shadow work to each other.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to think about his/her business
and make a list of the different jobs involved in producing its
goods or offering its service. Then he/she decides what jobs
can be made into shadow jobs and how that would benefit
the company.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 9 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Exercise 4
Preview
The topic of this Viewpoint is Cybercrime. In this Viewpoint,
students begin by watching and discussing a video of
six people talking about computer problems and how
these problems were solved. Students then watch and
discuss an interview with Fraser Howard, a principle threat
researcher at Sophos, a leading Internet security firm.
Finally, the students do a task which involves writing a
summary of the main points raised in the interview.
Before they watch the video, ask students to read the
sentences and replace the words in bold with words from
the list. Then ask them to compare their answers with a
partner. You could check that students understand the
meaning of anonymously and target.
For further practice, ask students to work in pairs and take
turns to say a word and give the synonym. You could also ask
them to write a sentence for each of the words in the list for
homework.
Exercise 1
Answers
Allow students time to look at the list of problems. Then ask
them to discuss the list with a partner. You could ask them
how they resolved the problems.
Exercise 2
r 01 Make sure students look at the questions in the table
before watching the video. Play the video and ask students
to take notes. If necessary, pause after each speaker to allow
writing time.
Answers
What was the
problem?
How did they solve
the problem?
couldn’t transfer
music onto
daughter’s MP3
player; computer
software didn’t
recognize the device
followed instructions;
disconnected and
switched off MP3
player; cleaned
connections; turned
off computer and
plugged it back in
again
strength of wi-fi
connection in
classrooms
not solved; still a
problem
Speaker 3
unable to open
a program; lost a
document
looked in folders;
tweaked settings;
raised a call with the IT
Help Desk who solved
the problem
Speaker 4
accessing the
network; logging
onto PC; programs
not running correctly
call Help Desk in
Romania for a solution
or to fix the problem
remotely
one of laptop
screens stopped
working; didn’t turn
on
tried to move lots
of wires; phoned IT
department who
fixed it
computer shutting
down unexpectedly
getting a new
computer
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 5
Speaker 6
Exercise 3
Ask students to compare their answers to 2 with a partner.
Did the people in the video have the same problems as
them in 1?
1 secure
2 tricks
3 gets into
4 browses
5 redirects
6 adapts
7 installs
8 steals
Exercise 5
r 02 Ask students to read the scenes A–E from the video. To
focus students on the video images only, you could turn the
sound off so students just watch for and number the scenes.
Tell students to number the scenes in the correct order 1–5
as they watch. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
A 3 B 5 C 4 D 1 E 2
VIDEO SCRIPT
Part 1
Technology has always been used by criminals and the Internet –
where people can operate anonymously all over the world – is the
perfect tool. We now live in the age of cybercrime.
This is Fraser Howard. He is a principle threat researcher at Sophos,
one of the world’s leading Internet security firms.
What is cybercrime?
Cybercrime is fundamentally crime but specifically using computers or
the Internet to deliver the attack.
Internet security is basically the steps taken to protect yourself from
online attacks.
Internet security is necessary because criminals are targeting users,
targeting businesses, looking to steal data in order to profit financially
from internet attacks.
Part 2
Today almost everybody has been a victim of some kind of
cybercrime. But how exactly does it happen? Here, Fraser talks us
through an example of cybercrime.
How does cybercrime happen?
Most people today get infected as they’re browsing the web. So, as
they’re browsing around they come across a site, a real website, but
one that might have been hacked by hackers in order to redirect their
browser to somewhere bad; bad stuff happens and their machine gets
infected. And that’s what we have in this video here.
As the real web page loads, there’s nothing that the user can see that
tells them anything is going wrong. But as the page loads, in the
background bad stuff is happening and their machine is becoming
infected with malware.
So, after a second or so this application, calling itself Security Shield, is
now installed on the system, and this is the malware. And it’s going to
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run; it’s going to tell them they have lots of problems on their system;
and it’s going to try, try to trick the user into paying for removal of these
non-existent problems.
Part 3
Where did this example of cybercrime happen?
We can look at that exact attack from a geographical perspective to get
a bit more idea of how it’s constructed. We start off in the UK, which is
where we’re browsing the website from, and that first real site that we’re
browsing to is hosted on a server in Vancouver, Canada. As I said, this is
a real site; a normal company site, but one that happens to have been
hacked by hackers in order to redirect to somewhere bad. So, it causes
your browser to redirect to a server in Russia. This server in Russia then
bounces your browser onto another server, this time one in the United
States.
Part 4
How is cybercrime changing?
One of the ways in which cybercrime is changing is the target, the
actual data that the criminals are after is, is changing in form. Rather
than just being focused on information stored on a computer, we’re
now looking at information stored on mobile devices. There’s a broader
range of attacks that therefore become possible. And when we think
about security and how we secure our information we’re not just
looking at securing computers we’re looking at securing our home
networks, our mobile phones, our tablets.
To respond to the changes in cybercrime and the types of attacks that
the criminals are using Internet security also has to continually adapt.
And so Internet security nowadays provides solutions that aren’t just
focused on your computer; they’re focused on your entire business
network or even your home network, across multiple devices, multiple
computers.
Exercise 6
r 03 Ask students to read the two parts of the sentences
and try to match them. Then play Part 1 of the video for
them to check their answers. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 c 2 b 3 a
Answer
B
Ask the student which computer problems he/
she has encountered at work. How does his/her company
resolve problems? Does it have outside consultants helping,
or an internal IT department?
ONE-TO-ONE
Exercise 10
Ask students to work in pairs and to use the words in the
word cloud to summarize the interview. Tell them to make
sure they use all of the words.
Exercise 11
Each student then writes his/her own summary. Remind
them of the word limit of 100–120 words, and that they
should use all the words in 10. Then they should try to make
their sentences flow by joining the sentences using the
words because, however, although, etc.
When they have completed their summaries, students can
watch video 02 again to check how accurate their summary
is. You could also ask each student to swap their summaries
with another student and compare what they have written.
EXTENSION It might be a good idea here to run through
with students how to write a good summary.
Only write the key points; leave out the details. Don’t quote
the original speaker. Use your own words, paraphrase
what you have heard, replacing words and phrases with
synonyms. It can be necessary to change the original
grammatical structure, for example, Changing your password
every month can prevent hackers stealing your data. =
Changing your password regularly secures your data.
Join sentences using linking words and relative pronouns
like because, as, however, although, despite, which, who, etc.
Write a draft and then go back to check you have included
all the key points.
Further video ideas
Exercise 7
r 04 Ask students to read sentences A–F carefully. Ask
them to think about the order they expect them to come
in. Let students check their answers with a partner. Play Part
2 of the video and tell them to check their ideas as they
watch. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
You can find a list of suggested ideas for how to use video in
the class in the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Answers
A 6 B 1 C 2 D 4 E 5 F 3
Exercise 8
r 05 Ask students to read the questions and see if they
remember any of the answers. Play Part 3 of the video. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 The UK
2 Vancouver, Canada
3 Russia
4 A server in the USA
Exercise 9
r 06 Ask students to read the summary sentences carefully.
Play Part 4 of the video. Ask students to decide with a
partner which summary is best. Ask them to give reasons for
their choice. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
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Facilities
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• describe a place of work and its facilities
• use quantifiers
• use too and enough
• make suggestions and recommendations.
Context
The topic of Facilities gives students the language to
describe and evaluate this very important feature of the
workplace, including its staff facilities. In any business, it is
essential to have systems to motivate the company staff,
to let them feel that the company not only values their
work, but appreciates them as people. To do this, learners
cover the language needed to describe staff facilities
and compare and contrast different facilities. They also
evaluate the concept of generating new ideas, which are
often developed in technology companies to encourage
creativity and openness among employees.
It is important to follow national and local rules and
regulations, regarding health and safety in the workplace.
To do this, students study quantifiers, countable and
uncountable nouns, and too and enough, to make their
descriptions of the workplace more accurate.
In this unit, students will also learn how to make
suggestions and respond to them in a business setting.
They will have the opportunity to role-play a situation as
an employer and a health and safety inspector discussing
facilities and their importance for the staff.
In the Talking point, students will have the opportunity to
examine motivation and the ‘Hawthorne Effect’. They will
discuss what it is and the effect it has on efficiency and
performance. They will then work out what they consider
to be the most successful motivational factors. Finally,
they will read about a real-life experiment on motivation
in business, carried out by the American psychologist
Frederick Herzberg, and discuss its relevance to their own
experiences.
Starting point
Do the first question with the whole class. Give them cues if
they are hesitant: in an office, factory, school, etc. The second
question can be done with the whole class or in pairs before
whole-class feedback. Encourage students to develop their
answers.
Possible answers
1 office, factory, school, bank, shop, airport, construction site,
garage, law courts, transport: buses, trains, lorries, etc.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Ask two
or three pairs for their suggestions in whole class feedback.
Exercise 2
Ask students to look at the questions and read the article.
They can then discuss the answers with a partner. Tell
students it’s not necessary to understand all the words at this
stage, only the general sense. Check they understand the
words in the glossary, as they are important to the general
understanding of the article. Provide feedback on answers
with the whole class.
Answers
1 By knocking down the walls and getting rid of old-fashioned
office furniture.
2 Video-conferencing, breakout areas, open-plan spaces,
corridors with whiteboards, a presentation suite, a gym, a
games room and a music room.
3 It’s good for different types of meetings, it encourages
creativity and openness, and makes chance interactions more
likely which often lead to great ideas. It also helps to make
work stress-free and keeps employees ‘at the top of their
game’.
Exercise 3
Ask students to work in pairs and compare the facilities at
their workplace with Google’s. Then they can come up with
a list of five facilities they would like to have and what the
benefits of the facilities would be. Ask them to join with
another pair and compare their lists, then choose three
facilities as a group. Ask two or three groups to tell the whole
class what is on their list, and why they chose these facilities,
to provide whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work for
a company which is planning to update its facilities. In small
groups, they come up with a list of five facilities they think a
modern company should have and what the benefits would
be. Then ask two groups to work together and come up with
the three facilities that all twenty-first century companies
should have. Ask them to explain their choices. Provide
whole-class feedback by asking the groups to read out their
lists and explain their choices.
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Exercise 4
Ask students to read the article in 2 again quickly and match
the words in bold to the definitions 1–9. Remind students
that one answer matches two adjectives. Let students
compare answers with a partner. Check answers in wholeclass feedback.
Answers
1 old-fashioned
2 hi-tech, state-of-the-art
3 open-plan
4 spacious
5 stress-free
6 comfortable
7 futuristic
8 fun
9 fully-equipped
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Ask them to take turns to describe
their place of work to their partner. You could set it up
as an interview by giving each student a few minutes to
prepare their questions and answers using some of the word
prompts, and the adjectives in 4, to describe their workplace.
Students then interview each other, and perhaps take some
notes to report back to the class.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking three or four
students to describe their partner’s workplace.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask groups of students to find
information on the Internet about the facilities for staff
provided by different well-known companies, for example,
Apple, Starbucks, Marks & Spencer, Harrods, etc., or famous
companies in their country. Each group can then present
information about each of their companies to the whole
class. The class as a whole can decide which of them offers
the most attractive facilities.
Exercise 6
practise saying the adverb + adjective combinations, making
sure they use the correct word stress.
Answers
1 really spacious
2 very hi-tech
3 extremely relaxing
4 not exactly state-of-the-art
5 fairly old-fashioned
6 not very up-to-date
7 pretty stress-free
You could ask students to write sentences for
each of the adverb + adjective combinations that are true
for them, e.g. My new office is really spacious. The one I worked
in before was much smaller, and I had to share it with seven
other people. They then take turns reading them to a partner,
giving reasons for their ideas.
EXTENSION
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 10 on page
124 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 9
Students work in pairs and follow the instructions. Give
students time to think about the different places and how
they are going to describe them. Refer students to the Tip.
You could check they understand the uses by asking them
to come up with an example for each use of like. Give them a
time limit. Students then take turns describing each prompt.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three
students to report back to the class.
You could ask students to describe
their ideal place to work for the first prompt, and a part of
their school or college they don’t like so much for the third
prompt.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 10
l 10.1 Tell students they are going to listen to two people
discussing workspaces and facilities. Ask them to write
down the adjectives the people use to describe these. Play
the listening and tell students to check their answers with a
partner. Check answers in whole-class feedback. If necessary,
play the listening again, pausing for students to write down
the adjectives.
Tell students to work in pairs and turn to page 140 and
follow the instructions. Give them time to choose the place
they are going to describe and prepare how they are going
to describe it. Remind them not to give the name of the
place they are describing. Monitor, checking they are using
the adverbs and adjectives correctly.
For feedback, ask three students to describe three different
places and the class to guess which one they are describing.
Answers
Photocopiable worksheet
Speaker 1: spacious, hi-tech, relaxing
Speaker 2: state-of-the-art, old-fashioned, (not) up-to-date,
stress-free
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Tell them to look at the answers in
6 and think about the adverbs that the speakers used with
them. Students write the adverbs in the correct place on the
scale. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Download and photocopy Unit 10 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the question with a partner. Ask one
or two pairs to give feedback to the whole class.
Answers
not very, not exactly, fairly, pretty, really, very, extremely
Exercise 8
l 10.1 Tell students to listen and match the adverbs to the
adjectives. Play the listening again. You could ask them to
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Possible answers
Exercise 6
Fire regulations: follow fire drills, find out where your fire exit is,
etc.
In the office: desk/seat height, how long to sit at your computer
without a break, number of electrical devices in one socket, etc.
On a construction site: wearing the correct boots and helmet,
how much you can carry, careful about vehicles, etc.
These protect employees by making sure that they are not
injured at work, and that machinery, etc. is used correctly.
Answers
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students about the health and
safety rules at their school or college. Do they know what
they are? How can they find out about them? Do they think
they help protect students? If so, how? If not, how should
they be improved?
Exercise 2
Tell students to read the information leaflet and add the
headings. Let them compare answers with a partner. Check
the answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 Welfare
2 Health
3 Safety
Exercise 3
l 10.2 Tell students to quickly read the information leaflet
in 2 again. Play the listening. Students tick the items in
the leaflet the inspector and employer discuss. Students
compare answers with a partner and then do whole-class
feedback.
Answers
Conversation 1: A place to store clothing
Conversation 2: Somewhere to take breaks, windows in all
rooms, suitable lighting
Exercise 4
l 10.2 Ask students to read the sentences and complete
them with the quantifiers. Let students compare answers
with a partner. Play the listening again for them to check the
answers.
Answers
1 A lot of
2 many
3 much
4 some
5 any
6 a few
7 not many
8 any
9 a little
Exercise 5
Ask students to read the answers in 4 and choose the
correct category for the nouns in the sentences. They check
answers with a partner, before whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 employees, people, lockers, places, chairs, windows
2 space, staff, paint
Students choose the correct option from the sentences in 4
to complete the Language point. They check answers with a
partner, before whole-class feedback.
1 a lot of, any, a few
2 some, much, a lot of, any, a little
3 a few, a little, not many, not much
4 a lot of, many, much
5 many, much, any
6 not any, not many, not much, not a lot of
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 125 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Ask students to underline the correct option, reminding
them that in one sentence both options are correct. They
compare answers with a partner and then check answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 much
2 a lot of
3 any
4 A few
5 any
6 some
7 a little
8 many / a lot of
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 10 on page
125 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 8
Tell students to work in pairs, taking turns to ask and answer
questions about the prompts. Give students a few minutes
to prepare the questions and the descriptions of the facilities
for staff in their workplaces.
If all the students are from the same company, then ask
them to look up two real, well-known companies on the
Internet. The students prepare the information for the
company they have chosen using the prompts, inventing
the answers if necessary.
They take turns to ask and answer the questions about the
facilities in each company. To provide whole-class feedback,
ask two or three pairs to ask and answer the questions for
the class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Put students in two groups, group A
and group B. Tell the groups that they are going to role-play
an employer and a health and safety inspector. The inspector
is inspecting a company. Ask group A to imagine they are
each the health and safety inspector and to prepare the
questions for the task. Ask group B to imagine they are each
an employer and to think about what the inspectors will ask
about so they can give the inspector the information he/she
needs.
Now put the students in AB pairs. They then ask and answer
the questions. Provide whole-class feedback by asking two
or three pairs to ask and answer the questions for the class.
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Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 10 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
l 10.3 Start by explaining the situation and asking students
to listen and answer the questions. Play the listening. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
They are discussing the employees’ room for breaks and storing
belongings.
1 enough
2 enough
3 too
4 too
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the sentences in 1 and complete the
categories. Let them compare answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
a too
b enough
c too
d enough
Exercise 3
Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the situations
and then describe each one using too and enough. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Suggested answers
The memory is too small. / The memory isn’t big enough.
The sun is too bright.
It’s too cold. / It isn’t warm enough.
The staff don’t have enough work. / They have too little work.
There’s enough space. / The storeroom is big enough.
Exercise 4
Ask students to make three sentences about their company
facilities using too and enough and then take turns to tell a
partner. Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three
pairs to describe their partner’s workplace facilities for the
class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to make three sentences
about the facilities at their school or college using too and
enough. They take turns to tell their partner.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the comments from the suggestion box
and complete them with the expressions. Check answers
with the whole class.
Answers
1 why don’t
2 we could always
3 have you thought about
4 Couldn’t we do
Exercise 3
l 10.4 Students work in pairs. Before they listen, ask them to
read the suggestions in 2 again quickly. Ask students to read
the questions to know what to listen for. Play the listening.
Let students compare their answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 There isn’t enough space for both ideas.
2 They choose the crèche because employees might spend too
long in the relaxation area.
Exercise 4
Ask students to read the sentences and choose the correct
option. Check answers with a partner before whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 difficult
2 having
3 reservations
4 better
5 have
6 putting
Exercise 5
l 10.4 Students listen and tick the responses they hear. Play
the listening again. Check answers, pausing the listening to
elicit the answers, if necessary.
Answers
I really like it.
Good idea.
Sorry, but I don’t think that would work.
Great!
Exactly.
EXTENSION You could ask students to practise by making
very short two-line conversations using the expressions in
4 and 5, where they take turns making and responding to
suggestions, for example:
A I think we should consider buying new laptops for everyone.
B I’m not sure. We need to be careful about our budget this year.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 10 on page
124 of the Student’s Book.
Ask students how suggestions are made in their company.
Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Exercise 6
Ask students to think about what the
most successful ways to make suggestions might be in 1)
a small company and 2) a very large company. Ask them to
give reasons for their choices. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Students work in pairs. Ask them to turn to page 140 and
follow the instructions. Refer students to the Key expressions
to help them. Give students a time limit to prepare their
ideas and come up with their recommendations. They then
try to agree on a style for the office space.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
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ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to turn to page 140 and
choose the style he/she prefers and to present his/her ideas
to you. You put the argument for the other style. You both
then try to persuade each other to change their mind.
Exercise 7
Put students in small groups and, remembering what they
decided in 6, ask them to come up with their suggestions
for an Anarchy Zone, giving a good reason for each one.
Once the group has decided on the four items, they prepare
a short presentation giving their recommendations to the
whole class. Those listening should think of questions about
the suggestions, or reasons why the suggestions are good
or not.
You could finish by getting the class to come up with a final
class list of four items, and the reasons why these are the
best choices.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to think about his/her own
company. Does he/she think something like an Anarchy
Zone or Relaxation Room would work for it? Ask him/her to
think of at least two arguments for, and two against, either
the Anarchy Zone or Relaxation Room. He/she presents the
arguments and finally decides on whether to have the new
area.
Photocopiable worksheet
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
among the items and that they should agree how the points
are shared, as a group. You may want to give them a time
limit for this part of the task.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to look at the list of motivating
factors. Ask him/her to decide what the top six factors are
and explain why. Ask him/her to decide which factors are
not important, if any, and to explain why. You could ask him/
her which factors he/she thinks have had the most effect on
his/her own motivation at work.
Exercise 2
Regroup the students, putting one or two from each group
into a new group. They then compare their results and justify
their scores.
Exercise 3
Explain to students that this task is based on a real
experiment. Tell them to turn to page 141 and read about
Frederick Herzberg’s research and findings. Ask students if
they agree and if their findings were similar to Herzberg’s.
Ask them to decide what the experiment shows about
motivating people at work and if they think Herzberg’s
findings apply to them.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 10 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the article on the ‘Hawthorne Effect’ and
answer the question, reminding them to give reasons. Ask
two or three students for their ideas.
Possible answers
Yes, this finding is true, we are always more motivated when we
think someone is interested in us.
No, we are able to motivate ourselves if the work is interesting
enough.
Exercise 2
Ask students work in small groups and make a list of five
factors that motivate people. Ask them to give reasons for
their choices. Check answers by asking one or two groups to
feed back to the whole class.
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Check
answers by asking one or two pairs for their ideas.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Put students in small groups and ask
them to come up with four or five ways to motivate students
to improve their performance.
Task
Exercise 1
Put students in small groups and tell them to follow the
instructions. Remind them they only have 30 points to share
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Decisions
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about decision-making
• talk about future possibilities
• use if in different ways
• negotiate an agreement.
Context
The topic of Decisions gives students the language to
discuss how we consider possibilities and make decisions.
In any business it is essential to make good decisions
and to communicate them effectively to colleagues and
customers. To do this, learners cover the language needed
to describe, prioritize, evaluate and reach a decision. They
look at how decision-making works in a real company,
and the innovative approach the company has for
including more employees than just the managers in the
process.
It is important to be able to express future possibilities
when prioritizing and evaluating decisions. To do this,
students will cover the first conditional form to express
possible future situations and the second conditional
form to express improbable and hypothetical situations.
They will look at various expressions which use if.
In this unit, students will also learn how to negotiate in a
business setting. They will have the opportunity to look
at how negotiations are structured and the language to
make suggestions and respond to them in a negotiation
situation.
In the Talking point, the students will play a game where
they discuss various situations and possible outcomes
in order to use first and second conditionals in a natural
setting.
Starting point
Do the first question in small groups to start with, and
then with the whole class. Ask students to read the four
statements and decide which one describes them best. They
compare answers in their groups and then the group says
which statement most students agreed with. Encourage
students to develop their answers. The second question can
be done in pairs before whole-class feedback, but you may
find the worst decision a sensitive topic and want to avoid it.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the question
and then ask them to discuss their ideas with a partner.
Exercise 2
l 11.1 Ask students to look at ‘The Priority Matrix’ and
listen to a trainer explaining its four parts. Make sure they
understand what urgent means, i.e. not only that the action
is important, but that it has to be done very quickly. While
they listen, they number each part as they hear it discussed.
Play the listening. Students can then discuss the answers
with a partner. Provide feedback on answers with the whole
class. If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to elicit
the answers.
Answers
1 Do now (or do it quickly)
2 Think and plan
3 Delegate
4 Ignore
Exercise 3
Ask students to work in pairs and read the four tasks a–d.
Then they put them into the matrix in 2. Ask them to give
reasons for their answers. Ask them to join with another pair
and compare their ideas. Provide feedback on answers with
the whole class, checking why they chose the answers.
Suggested answers
a Think and plan because it’s important but it is 12 months
away.
b Delegate because it’s important to recognize the employee
but it’s probably something that somebody else can do.
c Do now because you don’t want to lose this customer so you
need to solve the problem immediately.
d Ignore because it isn’t a priority and you have much more
important things to deal with.
Exercise 4
Give students time to think about four or five jobs they have
to do and where they can put them on the matrix.
Exercise 5
Ask students to take turns to talk about their decisions from
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one of their partner’s decisions, where it was on the matrix
and why their partner placed it there.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to make a list of four or five
jobs he/she has to do and put them on the matrix. Ask
them to explain their rationale to you. Then ask him/her to
evaluate the Matrix – How useful is it to their situation? How to
they prioritize? Do they use something like this? If not, what do
they do?
Exercise 6
l 11.1 Tell students to read sentences 1–8 and replace the
words in bold with the verbs from the list. They can check
their answers with a partner. Play listening 11.1 again and tell
them to check their answers. Check answers in whole-class
feedback. If necessary, play the listening again, pausing for
students to write down the verbs.
Answers
2 prioritize
3 reach
4 invite
5 evaluate
6 delegate
7 avoid
8 ignore
Exercise 7
Tell students to complete the article about decision-making
at Suma with six of the answers in 6. Let them check their
answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 reach
2 invited
3 ignored
4 avoid
5 prioritize
6 delegated
Exercise 8
Students work in pairs. Tell them to match the words in bold
in the article in 7 with the definitions 1–7. Check answers in
whole-class feedback. Make sure students can pronounce
the words with the correct stress.
Answers
1 consultation
2 confrontation
3 hierarchical
4 democratic
5 member
6 consensus
7 cooperative
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 11 on page
126 of the Student’s Book.
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Put two columns on the board, one with the heading
make and one with the heading do. Read out prompts
and ask students to put them into the correct column, for
example, do a job / business with / your best – make a list /
a decision / a suggestion. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Students work in pairs. Ask the Student As to find five
more expressions with make and the Students Bs to find
five more with do in their dictionaries.
Students then write a definition and an example sentence
for each of their expressions. Then they peer teach each
other their expressions, using their definitions and the
example sentences. At the end of this stage all students
should have five more make expressions and five more do
expressions in their vocabulary.
Exercise 9
Students work in two groups, A and B, and follow the
instructions. Give students time to think about their list and
the reasons for their choices. You could give them a time
limit.
If the class is large, you could have several groups – As and
Bs – so that everyone has a chance to take part.
Tell students they are going to present their lists and give
them time to prepare the presentation. To keep this moving,
give each group a time limit for their presentation.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to make a list of advantages
and disadvantages of decision-making with a cooperative
like Suma. Ask him/her to give reasons for his/her choices,
and to decide whether he/she thinks this is a good way of
decision-making.
Possible answers
Group A
Advantages in cooperatives:
Everyone is involved in the process
Employees feel more motivated and take responsibility
Decisions are made based on more viewpoints so all outcomes
can be anticipated
Disadvantages in hierarchical structures:
Only a few people are involved
People wait for others to make decisions
Hierarchies often slow down decision-making
Group B
Disadvantages of decision-making with a cooperative:
Impossible to include everyone’s views
One person will eventually have to decide
Not everyone has the knowledge to comment on every aspect
of the business
Time-consuming to get everyone’s view
Advantages in more hierarchical structures:
People who are more qualified and experienced make the key
decisions
Better to have only a few people focussed on strategic thinking
If well-organized it can be faster than waiting to build a
consensus.
Exercise 10
Each group presents its list of advantages and
disadvantages, giving its rationale for the points included. If
there is more than one group A and B, they can take turns
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to present. Those listening should ask questions to clarify
points. If necessary, ask students the reason each point is on
the list.
Either have a whole-class discussion on the different views
to reach a consensus on the best approach to decisionmaking, or make smaller groups, one A and B, for the
discussion phase. Then each group A and B can present its
consensus to the whole group.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to present his/her ideas to you.
Then ask him/her to compare the Suma process with his/
her own company. Does he/she think the company could
improve decision-making using Suma’s methods? Why/
Why not? Does he/she think Suma’s methods would work in
different cultures? Why/Why not?
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Tell students to read sentences 1–8 and complete them with
their own words and ideas.
Possible answers
2 you might miss out on a great opportunity
3 I come up with a good idea
4 won’t benefit from their knowledge
5 wouldn’t have time to manage
6 ’ll fail to lead
7 people won’t compromise
8 ’d probably take it and travel for a year
Exercise 6
Students work in pairs. They take turns to read out their
sentences in 5. They can compare ideas with their partner
and check the verb forms are correct. Monitor, checking
students are using the correct verb forms.
Exercise 7
Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Ask one
or two pairs to give feedback to the whole class.
Exercise 2
Tell students to read the email and answer the questions. Let
them compare answers with a partner. Check the answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answer
Ask students to work in pairs, or in small groups. Give them
time to think of the answers to the questions and the correct
verb forms to use. They can then take turns discussing the
questions and comparing answers. Monitor, checking they
are using the correct verb forms.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to imagine they work for
a big international company and answer the questions. You
could ask students to check out well-known companies on
the Internet, such as Starbucks, Amazon or Microsoft, so they
have an idea of where they might possibly relocate to and
who their main competitors are.
Ilse has to decide whether to relocate to a new out-of-town
shopping centre. Her options are move or stay at her current
town-centre location. Jeff may tell her to stay where she is, as
they have an established customer base.
Photocopiable worksheet
Exercise 3
Practically speaking
Tell students to read the email in 2 again quickly and, in the
Language point, match the sentences a–c to the two types of
conditionals. Students compare answers with a partner and
then do whole-class feedback.
Download and photocopy Unit 11 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 1
a 1 b 1 c 2
l 11.2 Ask students to read the questions. Explain that
they are going to listen to four conversations and answer
the questions. Play the listening. Check answers in wholeclass feedback, pausing the listening to elicit the answers if
necessary.
Grammar reference
Answers
Answers
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 127 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
Refer students to the Tip. Ask them to read the sentences
and choose the correct option. Let students compare
answers with a partner. Check the answers in whole-class
feedback, eliciting the reason for the correct answer.
Answers
1 wouldn’t
2 ’re
3 want
4 had
Further practice
5 Unless
6 Will
7 would
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 11 on page
127 of the Student’s Book.
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Exercise 5
1 The decision is difficult. The other person doesn’t agree.
2 The deadline is the end of the week. They don’t have time and
money.
3 A meeting is starting. Walter’s appointment is at the doctor’s.
4 The increase in the cost is 20%.
Exercise 2
l 11.2 Ask students to match sentences a–d with the
conversations in 1. Let them compare answers with a
partner. Play the listening again. Students listen and check
answers in whole-class feedback. Make sure the students
note the grammatical structures and functions in the
phrases:
What if + present or past tense
form: what if + present tense – 1st conditional – possible/
probable suggestion
what if + past tense – 2nd conditional – improbable
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suggestion/unlikely to happen
function: suggestion
If I were (was) you + would
form: 2nd conditional – hypothetical/impossible situation,
(If I were you is a set phrase for advice; If I was you is a
common acceptable spoken form for advice)
function: advice
If you don’t mind + future or would like
form: If + present tense (semi-fixed expression) – checking
listener’s attitude
function: requesting permission
If only + past tense
form: If only + past tense – fixed expression
function: expressing regret about a present situation
3You oversleep and so miss an important appointment
with a client or miss an exam.
4You are offered a great job but it means you have to move
to another country.
5A friend asks to borrow $50. You know he/she needs
the money, but you also know they probably won’t pay
you back.
Answers
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about difficult
situations and when they have had to negotiate with other
people; for example:
a Conversation 4
b Conversation 1
c Conversation 3
d Conversation 2
Exercise 3
Ask students to read the words and expressions in bold in 2
and then match the if expression with the meanings. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
Giving advice: If I were you …
Suggesting: What if …?
Wishing: If only …
Making a request: If you don’t mind …
PRONUNCIATION Ask students to listen again, and listen
to how the phrases in 2 are said. Ask them to listen for the
intonation on the four if phrases and practise it. Point out
how the intonation changes for giving advice, suggesting,
wishing or making a request.
Then tell them to work in pairs and write a short three- or
four-line conversation for each phrase. They take turns
practising the conversations so each student says the if
phrase. Monitor, making sure they are using the correct
intonation for each situation.
Exercise 4
Ask students to work in pairs. Tell them to follow the
instructions.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to
report what they said for each situation.
PRE-WORK LEANERS Ask students to give their partner
advice about their studies for the first prompt, for example,
what they should study, if they should change their studies,
how hard they should work; and to wish for something
to improve in their academic life for the third prompt. For
the fourth prompt, they can request permission from their
teacher to miss class.
EXTENSION Ask students to work in small groups. They
discuss the following dilemmas and come up with a
suggestion or some advice:
1 You find $100 in the street.
2You forget to send an important document to a client on
time or hand in an essay to your tutor by the deadline.
They are now very angry about it arriving late.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the situations with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback by asking two or three
students to report back.
• agreeing with a member of your family what colour to
paint the living room or kitchen
• deciding who will pay for a meal out when you are with
friends
• asking your teacher for time off before an important exam
• discussing with family/a friend which film to see.
Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Exercise 2
l 11.3 Explain to students that they are going to listen
to part of a conversation. Patricia, who works for a UK
manufacturing company, is negotiating with Laszlo, who is a
distributor in Hungary. Ask students to read the questions to
know what to listen for. Play the listening. Let students check
their answers with a partner. Check answers with the whole
class.
Answers
1 Three years.
2 The brand is virtually unknown in Hungary so it will take time
to build a customer base.
3 So it is linked to performance with an option to end the
contract.
4 Because they don’t try to compromise.
Exercise 3
l 11.4 Students work in pairs. Before they listen, ask them
to read the negotiation stages. Ask students to listen and
tick which of the stages they hear being discussed. Play the
listening. Let students compare their answers with a partner.
Check answers in whole-class feedback. You could let the
students go to the audio script on page 154 of the Student’s
Book to find the useful expressions, as they follow the early
stages of the negotiation.
Answers
Students hear all the stages of the negotiation.
Exercise 4
l 11.4 Tell students to read the expressions before they
listen. They number the expressions in the order they hear
them. Let students compare their answers with a partner.
Play the listening again. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
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Answers
2 The concern we have is that ...
3 How about if we review the sales targets every 12 months …?
1 There’s something we need to discuss …
6 If I offer a review after 18 months, will you agree?
7 Yes, I think that would be fair.
5 I’ll meet you halfway on this.
8 It’s a deal.
4 I’m sorry, but I can’t agree to that.
ONE-TO-ONE Play the game with the student. At each stage,
ask him/her to read the information and make a decision
about what to do next. Before moving to the next stage, he/
she should explain and justify his/her decision to you.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 11 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 11 on page
126 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs to practise negotiating. Student
A starts the negotiations and Student B responds. Refer
students to the Key expressions to help them do the
negotiating. Tell students to follow the conversation
instructions. They then swap roles and repeat the
negotiation.
Monitor, checking they are using the expressions correctly.
Exercise 6
Ask students to turn to their relevant page. Student A turns
to page 141, and B to page 139. They follow the instructions
for negotiating an agreement between a car manufacturer
and a distributor. Give students time to work out what they
want to achieve from the negotiations and how they are
going to achieve it. Remind them of the Key expressions. You
could give them a time limit to reach an agreement. Monitor,
checking they are using the expressions correctly.
Exercise 7
After the negotiation has finished, ask each student to make
notes on questions 1–4. Then ask students, in pairs or small
groups, to compare notes.
Finally, ask students to report back on each of the questions
for whole-class feedback.
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Tell students they are going to play a game where they
have to negotiate in order to make progress. Allow students
time to read the instructions and start the activity. For each
situation they will be given two options, a or b. They will be
sent to different situations depending on what they choose.
Make sure the students are taking time to discuss each
option carefully, before moving to the next box. This should
generate a number of first and second conditionals. You
could give them a time limit for each discussion and perhaps
a signal to move on, to keep the game moving smoothly.
Do the first situation with the whole class to model the
activity if you think it is necessary.
You could help students by checking some of the
vocabulary before they start, for example, panic, patriotic,
rival, compromise, scapegoat, leak. Monitor for correct use of
conditional forms throughout the game.
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Innovation
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about innovative ideas
• talk about extremes
• praise and thank people formally and informally
• present new ideas.
Students work in pairs to answer the first question. Ask
students to compare their responses with their partner’s.
They could then compare their answers in small groups, and
then the group states which was the most popular time and
place. The second question can be done with the whole
class or in pairs before whole-class feedback. Encourage
students to develop their answers.
Context
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students when and where they get
their best ideas – in the middle of the night, while relaxing,
while exercising, in the shower, when they are alone, when
they are with other people?
The topic of Innovation gives students the language
to describe innovation and originality. It is essential for
companies to innovate, reinvent and develop a successful
approach to modernization in order to survive in the
global business world. To do this, learners cover the
language needed to describe innovation, the challenge
of change and reinvention, and overcome obstacles in a
world dominated by technology.
It is important to recognize the work of innovators and
to celebrate new ideas. To do this, students will practise
superlative forms and their use with structures such as
the present perfect, and compare and rank achievements.
Students will learn how to praise and thank people in a
work environment. They also work on formal and informal
expressions, and learn where to use the appropriate
forms.
In this unit, students will also work on how to present
new ideas using visuals. They learn how to structure
presentations and use expressions to signpost that
structure. They will also give a short presentation using a
visual and assess how well the presentation followed the
structure.
In the Talking point, students will have the opportunity
to examine the effect that sound and music have in the
retail sector. They will read about research on the effects
of music on shopping habits and how different music
or sounds have a noticeable effect on sales. They will
then decide on the associations different musical genres
have and recommend a particular genre for a particular
business situation. Finally, they will present their ideas to
the class and compare suggestions.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the questions
and then ask them to discuss their ideas with a partner.
Possible answers
It’s important to help businesses stay competitive, keep their
customers and attract new customers. Older companies could
invest in training in new technologies and trends in their
industries. They could have a policy of making sure a certain
percentage of their workforce is young and newly qualified to
help them become aware of new trends, both in the industry
and in customer behaviours.
Exercise 2
Ask students to look at the picture and decide what is
happening. Ask them if they have heard of Cirque du Soleil,
and if they have, what they think of it. Ask students to look
at the headings and then read the article. Tell students it’s
not necessary to understand all the words at this stage, only
the general sense. They can then discuss the answers with a
partner. Provide feedback on answers with the whole class.
Answers
Paragraph 1 b
Paragraph 2 c
Paragraph 3 a
Exercise 3
Ask students to work in pairs and answer the questions.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three
students to report back on the answers.
Possible answers
The main challenge for Cirque du Soleil is to live up to the
audience’s expectations and create something new each season
to keep audiences coming back for more.
Their solution is to innovate and reinvent, perhaps to look for
new performers to bring something different or more daring to
the Cirque.
The same is probably true for any type of business in order
to survive. They have to keep their customers’ expectations
and changing needs in mind when developing products and
services.
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Ask students to read the article in 2 again quickly and match
the definitions 1–9 to the words in bold highlighted in the
article. Let students compare answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 concept
2 brainchild
3 innovative
4 reinvention
5 revolutionize
6 catalyst
7 come up with
8 obstacle
9 original
EXTENSION Ask students to write nine sentences, one for
each of the words. Then ask them to work in pairs. They take
turns to read out their sentences to another pair, without the
word from 4, and the second pair has to guess which word
is missing in the sentence. Monitor, checking they are using
the words correctly.
Exercise 5
l 12.1 Tell students they are going to listen to three
conversations about change or innovation. Tell them to
match conversations 1–3 to the topics a–c. Play the listening.
Let students check their answers with a partner. Then
provide whole-class feedback and, if necessary, play the
listening again, pausing to elicit the answers.
Answers
a 2 b 3 c 1
l 12.1 Tell students to look at the list of adjectives and
match them to conversations 1–3. They can check their
answers with a partner. Play the listening again and tell
students to check their answers. Check answers in wholeclass feedback. If necessary, play the listening again, pausing
for students to write down the adjectives.
Answers
1 traditional, reliable, dynamic, up-to-date
2 revolutionary, sophisticated
3 simple, original
Draw the stress patterns for the words in
6 on the board. Ask students to work in pairs and say the
words. They decide which stress pattern fits each word.
Check the answers in open class and then ask students to
spend a few minutes practising the words.
Answers
000 0000
00000
00000
simple dynamic up- reliable
sophisticated revolutionary
to- traditional
date original
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 12 on
page 128 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Ask them to discuss the two
questions. They could then join with another pair and
compare their answers.
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Students work in small groups. Tell them to read the quotes
from people talking about ideas and obstacles in their lives.
Refer students to the Tip and ask them to give an example
of an innovation and an example of an invention. Give them
a few minutes to think about different ways they could help
the people. Then ask students to discuss their suggestions
and come to a group decision on the best ways to help. They
can then tell the whole class what their suggestions are.
Possible answers
1 Is there a family member who can look after the children? If
you get together with several other people who also have
pre-school children, then you could take turns to look after all
the children.
2 Have you tried crowdfunding? What about talking to
motorcycle shops/manufacturers in your area?
3 You could do some volunteering in local charities. You could
look for crowdfunding schemes. You could work freelance.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to think about two or three
different ways to help each person. He/she tells you the
ways he/she has thought of. Discuss them with the student
with reference to the questions in 9.
Students work in pairs. Try to make sure the two students
worked in different groups in 8. Tell them to report their
group discussion to each other and answer the questions.
You could ask them to present the best ‘brainchild’ and how
they overcame any obstacles they met, to the whole class.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 12 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
PRONUNCIATION
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Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 6
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Students could talk about their college
or university for question 1, or they could talk about the job
they would like to have. For question 2, they can concentrate
on technology at home.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 4
Exercise 1
Ask students to look at the picture on the left and decide what
is happening. Ask them to look at the title of the press release,
read the article and answer the questions with a partner. Ask
one or two pairs to give feedback to the whole class.
Possible answers
These events can be important for publicity and advertising.
Winning an award can make people think of a company in a
very positive way. It also helps all the companies in an industry
to be aware of developments and innovations.
Exercise 2
Tell students to read the press release again and answer the
questions. Let them compare answers with a partner. Check
the answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 No, it’s ‘one’ of a few events.
2 In 2001.
3 The best new inventors and innovators that year.
4 The second and third highest achievers receive a platinum or
silver award.
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Exercise 3
Ask students to read the press release in 1 again and
underline the superlative adjectives. Then ask them to
decide which are regular and which are irregular. Let
students check their answers with a partner and then do
whole-class feedback.
Answers
Underline: the most important, the earliest, the best, third and
second highest
Regular forms: (one of ) the most important, the earliest, (third
and second) highest
Irregular: the best
Exercise 4
Refer sudents to the Language point. Tell students to read
extracts a–d and match them to explanations 1–4. Students
compare answers with a partner and then do whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 d 2 b 3 a 4 c
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 129 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the sentences
and say the same thing in a different way, using a
superlative form.
Answers
1 This is one of the most important conferences this month.
2 These are the highest profits (that) I’ve ever seen.
3 The XP55 is now our second highest-selling product.
4 In the last century, I think the microchip has had the biggest
impact of any invention.
EXTRA ACTIVITY
Students work in pairs or small groups. Write some
adjectives on the board, for example, long, high, expensive,
cold, large, heavy, spoken, near, successful, (good)-selling,
and ask students to make them superlatives. Then divide
the class into two groups, A and B. Give each group five
prompts and ask them to make questions for a general
knowledge quiz. You could ask them to give options
with the questions. They can check the answers on the
Internet. For example:
Group A:
1 2nd longest river / world: Which is the second longest
river in the world?
a) the Amazon b) the Danube c) the Mississippi
The Amazon, although some think the Amazon is longer
than the Nile, traditionally thought to be the longest; it
depends on how they are measured.
2 most expensive painting ever sold: Which is the most
expensive painting ever sold?
a) Van Gogh’s Sunflowers b) Picasso’s Les Femmes
d’Alger c) Rembrandt’s Self portrait
In 2015 it was Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger, sold for $179
million, the highest price ever paid for a painting.
3 coldest place / Earth: Which is the coldest place on
Earth?
a) Siberia b) the Arctic c) the Antarctic
The current record low of minus 89.2°C was measured in
Antarctica, at the Russian Vostok base, on 21 July 1983.
4 planet nearest / sun: Which is the nearest planet to
the sun?
a) Venus b) Mars c) Mercury
Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.
5 best-selling album / all time: Which is the best-selling
album of all time?
a) The Beatles Greatest Hits b) Michael Jackson Thriller c) Adele 21
Thriller by Michael Jackson is recorded as the best-selling
album up to 2015.
Group B:
1 highest mountain / Africa: Which is the highest
mountain in Africa?
a) Mount Kilimanjaro b) Mount Kenya c) The Drakensberg
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa.
2 most successful film / 21st century: What’s the most
successful film of the 21st century?
a) Titanic b) Batman vs Superman c) Avatar
In 2015, Avatar is the most successful film of the 21st
century.
3 largest ocean / world: Which is the largest ocean in the
world?
a) the Pacific b) the Atlantic C) the Indian
The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.
4 most spoken language / world: Which is the most
spoken language in the world?
a) English b) Hindi c) Chinese
Chinese is the most spoken language in the world.
5 oldest university / the world: Where is the oldest
university in the world?
a) Fez, Morocco b) Oxford,
England c) Bologna, Italy
The oldest university in the world is the University of
Karueein, founded in 859 CE in Fez, Morocco.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 12 on
page 129 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Students make sentences about their business using the
phrases. Then they take turns to tell a partner their sentences
and explain their answers. Monitor, checking students are
using the correct superlative forms.
Ask students to make sentences about
their college using these phrases:
1 … is one of the most popular subjects to study.
2 … is the most difficult subject to do well in.
3 … is the most popular sport.
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4… is the department with the most undergraduate
students.
5… is the department with the least hard-working students.
Then they take turns with a partner to tell them their
sentences and explain their answers. Monitor, checking
students are using the correct superlative forms.
Business communication
Exercise 7
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about their
school or college. Does it have a set of principles or ideals?
What are they? Where do they expect to find them?
In small groups, ask students to write the ideal mission
statement/principles of a college or university.
Students work in pairs. Give them time to think of the
questions and answers and the correct adjective forms to
use. They can then take turns asking the questions and
comparing answers. Monitor, checking they are using the
correct superlative forms.
Photocopiable worksheet
Ask students to read the mission statement and discuss
the questions with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback by asking two or three students to report back.
Exercise 2
Practically speaking
l 12.3 Explain to students that they are going to listen to
part of a meeting at Bertran RL. The meeting is to discuss the
company’s mission statement in 1. Ask students to read the
question and the aims to know what to listen for. Play the
listening. Let students check their answers with a partner.
Check answers with the whole class.
Exercise 1
Answers
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Make
sure they understand praise here, i.e. to acknowledge
someone has worked hard or done a particularly good job.
Tell them that they can use their own personal experience to
explain their answers.
B and C
Download and photocopy Unit 12 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 2
l 12.2 Tell students they are going to listen and match
conversations 1–3 to situations a–c. Play the listening. Let
them check their answers with a partner. Check the answers
in whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the listening
again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Answers
a 2 b 1 c 3
Exercise 3
l 12.2 Tell students to read the expressions and then listen
again to the conversations. Play the listening again. Ask
students to work in pairs and decide if the expressions are
normally formal (F) or informal (I). These ideas of formal and
informal are guidelines rather than absolutes. Some of the
informal expressions, especially 2 and 5, may be heard in
more formal situations. Also, formal expressions such as 1, 4
and 7, can be heard in less formal situations.
Exercise 3
l 12.3 Students work in pairs. Before they listen, ask them
to read the expressions from the team leader’s presentation
and put them in the correct order 1–8 (1 and 8 have already
been completed). Then play the listening again to check the
answers. If necessary, pause it and elicit the correct answers.
Answers
4 First, I’m going to talk …
1 Good morning, everyone, and thanks for coming.
2 We have a lot to do, so let’s start.
8 Feel free to ask questions …
3 I’d like to begin by explaining …
6 The main reason for this meeting is to …
7 so finally we’ll …
5 Then, we’ll try to …
Exercise 4
l 12.4 Tell students to look at the slide before they listen.
Ask them to answer the question while they listen. Let
students compare their answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
Suggested answers
1 F 2 I 3 F 4 F 5 I 6 F 7 F 8 I 9 F 10 I
The words on the slide represent the answers given by old and
new customers to the question ‘What words describe Bertran RL?’
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Ask students to write down three jobs they have completed
recently. Then, working in pairs, they take turns to tell each
other about what they have done. They should try to vary
the situations, having some formal and some informal.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs
to report what they said for each situation, and why they
decided it was formal or informal.
Answers
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think about their
projects and assignments, particularly if there’s something
that they did in a group. They then take turns to tell each
other about them, and then praise and/or thank each other.
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Exercise 1
l 12.4 Students work in pairs. Ask them to try to fill in the gaps
before they listen. Then play the listening again for them to
check their answers. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
1 look at
2 can see
3 You’ll notice that
Exercise 6
l 12.5 Tell students they are going to listen to the final part of
the team leader’s presentation. Ask students to listen for the
expressions he uses to signal the end of the presentation and
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to check if everyone has understood. You could ask students
to write down the expressions. Let students compare their
answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
That’s everything I want to say for the moment.
Thank you all for listening.
Are there any questions?
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 12 on
page 128 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Explain to students that they are going to work individually
to give a two-minute presentation. First of all, though, they
have to design a slide with adjectives they think or hope their
customers use, similar to the slide in 4. Remind students that
‘less is more’ with slides and that they should not put too
many words, too many colours, or too many different fonts on
the slide. Refer students to the Key expressions to help them
express their ideas and structure the presentation.
If it is not possible to use slides in class, then students can
write on large pieces of paper instead.
Tell students to give a two-minute
presentation on one of these topics.
• buying a smartphone
• opening a bank account
• buying exercise equipment
They should design a slide with adjectives that they
associate with the product or service, similar to the slide in 4.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 8
Put students in small groups to give their presentations. They
take turns to present their slide, remembering to introduce
themselves and the presentation. They give reasons for
each adjective, then they end the presentation and invite
questions. Those listening to the presentations could think of
at least one question to ask the presenter.
Finally, ask each group to report back and say what made
the most successful presentations.
ALTERNATIVE You could ask students in each group to give
feedback on the presentations. You could give them a tick
list, for example:
Introduced him/herself
Y/N
Introduced the slide using the phrases
Y/N
Explained the visual using the phrases
Y/N
Finished off using the phrases
Y/N
Thanked everyone for listening
Y/N
Invited questions
Y/N
Exercise 2
Ask students to discuss the background music and their
reaction to it with a partner. Check answers by asking one or
two pairs for their ideas.
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Check
answers by asking one or two pairs for feedback.
Task
Exercise 1
l 12.6 Put students in small groups and tell them to listen
to the six different types of music and match them to the
words. Check the answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 classical
2 pop
3 rock
4 opera
5 Bollywood
6 jazz
Exercise 2
l 12.6 Still in their groups, ask students to come up with
products or services they might associate with each of
the types of music. Play the listening again. Students may
want to hear some extracts a couple of times to make their
decisions.
Possible answers
Classical – beautiful interiors, the countryside, expensive cars
Pop – children’s toys, sweets, teens – clothes, make-up,
entertainment
Rock – cars, motorcycles, clothes, mobile phones
Opera – city break in Vienna, Milan, etc., comic takes on services
(insurance comparison companies in UK)
Bollywood – exotic holidays abroad, restaurants
Jazz – something very cool, perhaps clothes, something
American or French
Exercise 3
In their groups, students discuss the situations and decide
what type of music or sounds they would recommend. They
should give good business reasons for their choices. Tell
them they are going to present their choices to the whole
class. Make sure they introduce themselves, explain each
idea clearly, finish the presentation and invite questions. If
necessary, remind them of the Key expressions on page 82.
ONE-TO-ONE Let the student choose one of the situations
and present his/her ideas.
Exercise 4
Photocopiable worksheet
Each group presents their ideas to the class. Those listening
to the presentations should ask questions at the end. The
class can then decide which ideas worked best for each
situation.
Talking point
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 12 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Discussion
Download and photocopy Unit 12 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the article and answer the question,
reminding them to give reasons. Ask two or three students
for their ideas for feedback.
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Exercise 3
Preview
The topic of this Viewpoint is The Falkirk Wheel. In this
Viewpoint, students begin by watching and discussing
a video of five people talking about transport problems
in their city and how they have found solutions to them.
Students then watch and discuss two more videos: one
about the history of canals in the UK and another about
the Falkirk Wheel – an ingenious piece of engineering that
has solved the problem of height differences between the
Forth and Clyde canal, and the Union canal, in Scotland.
Finally, students do a task which involves giving a tour of
the Falkirk Wheel.
Exercise 1
r 01 Before students watch the video, ask them to list the
most common methods of transport used in their city or
country. Ask students to read the questions and make notes
while they are watching. Play the video and, if necessary,
pause after each speaker to allow writing time. Check
answers as a whole class.
Answers
What kind of
transport problems
does their city have?
What is their
solution?
Speaker
1
Milan: not suited to
cars
introduced traffic
controlled zone
Speaker
2
Brussels: infrequent
metro or bus service;
public transport
system doesn’t cover
all places; traffic jams
especially at rush hour;
aggressive drivers;
dangerous to cycle
try to cycle; try to use
public transport; use
car-sharing scheme
Speaker
3
Oxford: not built for
cars, buses, lorries
travel by train; stay on
boat and commute
on foot
Speaker
4
Oxford: bad traffic
problems; don’t live on
a bus route
use a motorcycle;
quicker to walk or
cycle
Speaker
5
Oxford: traffic
congestion; most
people commute into
the city
lives on a canal boat
so can live closer to
city centre and cycle
to work
Exercise 2
Ask students to discuss the transport problems in their city
or country with a partner, and explain their own solutions.
You could check answers with one or two pairs in wholeclass feedback.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student about transport problems in
his/her city and how he/she overcomes them. Ask him/her
how transport has changed in the past 50 years, and if there
are any plans for changes in the near future.
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Ask students to look at the picture of the canal and answer
the questions. The boat in the picture, which is called a
narrowboat (but is sometimes referred to as a barge), is
passing through a lock. These narrowboats were traditionally
used to transport cargo, but are now more commonly used
as accommodation, often for holidays.
Exercise 4
Ask students to read the definitions a–g and match them
to the words 1–7. Check they understand what is meant by
the Industrial Revolution: The Industrial Revolution was the
transition from a mainly agricultural and rural society to one
which was based on manufacturing, and became mainly
urban. It occurred between the 1760s and the 1830s. Make
sure students notice the distinction between loch and lock.
Loch comes from the Scottish Gaelic word for lake, and is
pronounced with a guttural ch ending: /lɒx/. However, the
words lock (on a canal) and loch are sometimes pronounced
in the same way in England: /lɒk/. This is because the
guttural ch sound is not standard in English. Check answers
in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 c 2 a 3 d 4 b 5 g 6 f 7 e
Exercise 5
r 02 Ask students to read the list of scenes A–G and tell
them to number the scenes in the order they first see them
as they watch the video. You could turn the sound off and
do this exercise with no narration to help students focus
only on the images. They could also predict what they think
the narrator will say using the words from 4. Play the video.
Let students check their answers with a partner. Check
answers with the whole class. Note that there may be some
variation, as some elements appear more than once (e.g.
locks on a canal).
Answers
A 5 B 6 C 1 D 4 E 3 F 7 G 2
VIDEO SCRIPT
Today, we transport goods across countries and around the world
without thinking. Ships arrive at international ports and road and
railway networks carry the products we use every day to their
destination. We can’t imagine life before this. How did business and
industry function before the invention of the internal combustion
engine and the railways?
In the United Kingdom as well as in many other countries, water
has always been important in the country’s transportation.
During the British Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries, heavy goods were carried up and
down Britain’s canals. By the mid-nineteenth century, Britain had
connected the country with a network of canals and rivers. Seven
thousand kilometres of waterways linked the new industrial cities
across the United Kingdom. The construction of these canals was
one of greatest innovations of the Industrial Revolution.
But the use of canals didn’t last long for two reasons. One problem
was that the United Kingdom isn’t flat. Its hills and mountains
were an enormous challenge for engineers. This presented a huge
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obstacle for the canal builders. They had to build locks so boats
could go up and down. This made transportation by canal very
slow. Instead, with the arrival of the steam train, a system of railways
was quickly built and so the canals were used less and less until
many were closed.
In more recent years however, some canals have been restored and
reopened. Now they are used for a very different kind of business.
The tourism and leisure industry rents canal boats, and many
people spend long weekends or holidays cruising through the
countryside on a houseboat.
and the boat at each end is always equal. Because the weight is
balanced perfectly, not much energy is needed to turn the wheel.
In fact, it lifts boats up and down in four minutes using less power
than it takes to boil eight kettles.
Two hundred years after the first canals were built, the Falkirk
Wheel is a classic example of how original thinking and up-to-date
technology can breathe new life into the old ways of doing things.
And who knows? As we look for alternative types of energy in the
future, maybe one day we’ll return to the canals for more of our
transportation needs.
Exercise 6
Exercise 9
r 02 Ask students to read the questions carefully and check
what they are listening for. Play the video again. Let students
check their answers with a partner. Check answers in wholeclass feedback. If necessary, pause after the relevant part of
the video for students to hear the words and phrases for the
answers.
r 03 Ask students to look at the numbers and years. You
could ask them to discuss with a partner what they can
remember about these from the video. Because this task
requires intensive listening, you could turn the screen off so
students only listen this time round, which might help their
note-taking. Play the video/listening. Let students check
their answers with a partner. Check answers in whole-class
feedback. Play the video again if necessary, pausing at the
numbers for students to hear the answers.
Answers
1 Because of the Industrial Revolution and the need to
transport heavy goods
2 7,000 kilometres
3 The construction of the canals
4 The hills and mountains
5 The steam train
6 The tourism and leisure industry
Exercise 7
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups. Ask
one or two groups to report their discussion to the whole
class as feedback.
Possible answer
Students can refer to building regeneration programmes in
their own cities, or examples of brownfield sites (previously used
and now disused industrial/commercial sites) being turned
into modern housing. Alternatively, modern apps like Uber and
Airbnb are good examples of taking an old business idea (e.g.
taxis and accommodation) and reusing it in a new way.
Exercise 8
r 03 Give students time to read the questions and options.
Play the video. Ask students to choose the correct options
and check their choices with a partner. Check answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 c 2 a 3 b
VIDEO SCRIPT
In Scotland, the Forth and Clyde and Union canals connect the
cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. They pass through some of
Scotland’s beautiful lochs and mountains. When they were first
built, the canals had a series of eleven locks near the town of Falkirk,
which allowed the boats to go up and down a height of 35 metres.
But in 1933 the locks were closed down and so no boats could
make the journey between the two cities anymore.
Then, in 1994, a team of engineers used modern technology to
open the canal at Falkirk again and, after years of research and
development, engineers came up with an innovative solution to
the challenge. The Falkirk Wheel is 35 metres tall. It was built with
1,200 tonnes of steel and cost over £17 million to build. It opened
to the public in 2002 and is a popular tourist attraction.
The basic concept behind the Falkirk Wheel is quite simple. Two
boats can enter at each end of the wheel. The weight of the water
Answers
2 This is the year when the locks were closed down so no boats
could travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
3 This is the year when engineers started working on the Falkirk
Wheel.
4 The Falkirk Wheel is 35 metres tall.
5 1,200 tonnes of steel was used to build the Falkirk Wheel.
6 This is the cost to build the Falkirk Wheel.
7 This is when the Falkirk Wheel opened to the public.
8 Two boats can enter at each end of the Falkirk Wheel at the
same time.
9 It takes four minutes to lift boats up and down.
Exercise 10
Explain to students that they are going to give the
commentary to the video with the sound off. They work in
two groups, A and B. Ask them to read the instructions for
either Student A or Student B and prepare what they are
going to say. Then put students into AB pairs and ask them
to do the tour.
When the students are doing this, it might be helpful to
pause the video at certain stages to give students more time
to develop their conversation; then, when you feel students
have run out of something to say, you continue playing the
video.
Exercise 11
Students can then swap roles and repeat the exercise in 10.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to prepare the tour as a
guide and present it to you. Tell him/her you will be asking
questions. If the Internet is available, you could ask him/her
to look up the Falkirk Wheel online to get more information
for the tour.
Further video ideas
You can find a list of suggested ideas for how to use video in
the class in the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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13 Breakdowns
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about breakdowns and faults
• use relative pronouns
• check someone understands
• discuss and solve problems.
Do the first question with the whole class. Ask them how
they feel about companies that produce goods and provide
services that are not 100% perfect. The second question can
be done with the whole class or in pairs before whole-class
feedback. Encourage students to develop their answers,
giving reasons why they would or wouldn’t buy these goods.
Context
Working with words
The topic of Breakdowns gives students the language
to describe problems, breakdowns and faults, and find
solutions. These occur in all sectors of business and it is
essential they are spotted, diagnosed and resolved in the
most efficient and effective way. To do this, students cover
the language needed to describe problems in many areas,
such as software, retail and communications.
It is important to be able to define the problem and
solution, clearly and accurately. To help students do this,
they will learn about using defining relative clauses. They
will also practise defining people, objects, places and
times.
In this unit, students will also work on how to check that
someone understands. It is very important when giving
instructions or solving a problem that the instructions are
clear and that everyone understands. Students will discuss
various topics and problems, giving a detailed description
of the situation, then give their ideas and check the
listener understands.
In the Talking point, students have the opportunity to
assess the importance of public relations to a business.
They will read about a public relations disaster and the
effect it had on a multinational company. They will then
discuss various situations and how public relations can
be used to help deal with the problem. Finally, they will
present their ideas to the class and compare suggestions.
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the questions
and then ask them to discuss their ideas with a partner.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to
describe their breakdowns. You could find out which are the
most prevalent.
Possible answers
Transport: cars breaking down or having faults / train or bus
services that are consistently late, or flight delays or cancellations
due to weather or industrial action
Work: computers crashing, heating or air conditioning failures,
orders not arriving / not being dispatched on time
Communications: misunderstandings, pressing ‘Reply all’ when
sending a sensitive email
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think of times that
there have been breakdowns at their college, for example,
confusion about rooms to go to, timetable errors, important
messages not going to the right person, etc. Ask them to
discuss what happened and how the problem was resolved.
Exercise 2
Ask students to look at the headings, read the news stories
and complete the table. Tell students it’s not necessary to
understand all the words at this stage, only the general
sense. They can then discuss the answers with a partner.
Provide feedback on answers with the whole class.
Answers
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What type of
breakdown or fault?
Who did it affect?
Have they
solved the
problem?
1 Software / IT
Doctors, nurses (and
patients)
Yes. Late last
night.
2 Defect in car
gearbox
Car owners
No. Car
owners must
take the car
into garages
to fix it.
3 Metal bits in
macaroni and
cheese boxes
Shoppers and the
manufacturer
No, not yet.
4 Misunderstandings
in internal
communications
Staff at an Australian
company
Yes. Staff have
to use instant
messaging.
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Exercise 3
Exercise 7
Ask students to read the news stories in 2 again, find the
pairs of words and match each to its correct definition, a
or b. Let students compare answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Tell students to discuss three recent breakdowns, faults or
problems at work with a partner. Ask them to give details
of the causes and results of these problems. You could ask
them what solution the company came up with.
Answers
Possible answers
1 a failure b go down
2 a fault b defect
3 a damage b injury
4 a resolve b complaint
5 a refund b recall
6 a misunderstanding b mistake
You could ask students to write a sentence for
each pair of words. They take turns to read the sentence
without saying the word. Their partner then says which of
the words it is. Monitor, checking they are using the words
accurately.
EXTENSION
Exercise 4
Students work in small groups to discuss the problems.
Remind them to use the words from 3, changing the form
where necessary. Monitor, checking they are using the
correct form of the words. Provide whole-class feedback by
asking a different group to give feedback on each situation.
The class could then compare their ideas.
Exercise 5
Company server goes down, causing problems communicating
with distributors and customers.
The heating breaks down in winter, and the offices become very
cold. People start catching colds and staying off work.
An important delivery does not arrive for one of your most
important customers and you are having great difficulty tracking it.
Your company has decided to refurbish the offices and the
decorators are behind schedule.
The fire inspection team has decided that the fire escape
measures are inadequate and they want the company to
improve the fire precautions and escape routes.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Students could talk about
recent problems in their college or university. If they
need encouragement, then suggest things like a
misunderstanding between classmates, an accident in the
college or while travelling to college, problems travelling
to college – car breakdown / bicycle puncture or broken
chain / bus strike, something they recently bought that
developed a fault or had a defect, etc. Monitor, checking
they are using the verbs and connectors to express cause
and result correctly.
Tell students to read the two sentences from the first news
story in 2 and answer the questions. Let them check their
answers with a partner. Then provide whole-class feedback,
eliciting why the answers are correct.
Photocopiable worksheet
Answers
Language at work
1 Caused is a verb, simple past form, and as a result of is a
connector, connecting the first sentence to the second by
giving the result of the event in the first sentence.
2 A software problem is the cause and all the computers to go
down for 24 hours yesterday is the result.
3 The system failure is the cause, and refers back to the event
described in the first sentence, and doctors and nurses couldn’t
access patients’ medical records is the result.
4 Text 2: because of (cause), lead to (result), doesn’t cause (result)
Text 3: resulted in (result)
Text 4: due to (cause), because (cause)
Exercise 6
Tell students to work in pairs. Students match causes 1–4 to
results a–d. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Possible answers
2 a No training with the new cutting equipment resulted in an
injury to an employee’s hand.
3 d As a result of new software, there was a systems failure with
the database.
4 b Poor language skills led to misunderstandings between
office branches.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 13 on
page 130 of the Student’s Book.
Download and photocopy Unit 13 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 1
Ask students to look at the pictures and say what they can
see and what they think the connection between them is.
Ask one or two students to give feedback to the whole class.
Don’t give the students all the information at this time as
they will find it out in the following exercises.
Exercise 2
l 13.1 Tell students to listen to part of a radio programme
and answer the question. Play the listening. Let them
compare answers with a partner. Check the answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
Post-it notes and Alexander Fleming discovering penicillin.
Exercise 3
l 13.1 Ask students to read the sentences and complete
them with a relative pronoun from the list. Let them check
their answers with a partner, then play the listening again so
students can check their answers. Do whole-class feedback.
If necessary, play the listening again, pausing it to elicit the
correct answers.
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Answers
1 which
2 who
3 that
4 whose
5 when
6 where
Ask students to work in pairs. Give them time to think of at
least one object, one person, one place or one time. The
students take turns to define each without saying the word,
and their partner has to try to work out what it is. Monitor,
checking they are using the correct relative pronouns.
Exercise 4
Download and photocopy Unit 13 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Tell students to complete the Language point by matching
the relative pronouns in 3 to the explanations. Students
compare answers with a partner and then do whole-class
feedback.
Answers
Photocopiable worksheet
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Grammar reference
l 13.2 Tell students they are going to listen to four
conversations about problems or difficulties. Ask them to
listen and match the conversations 1–4 with the problems
A–D. Play the listening. Let students compare their answers
with a partner. Provide whole-class feedback. If necessary,
play the listening again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Exercise 5
Answers
which, who, whose, when, where
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 131 of the Student’s Book.
Students work in pairs. Ask them to read each group
of sentences. Refer them to the Tip. They then join the
sentences using one of the relative pronouns from the list.
Provide whole-class feedback, eliciting why each answer is
correct.
Answers
1 It was accidentally discovered by an engineer who worked for
Canon. One day, his pen fired ink out when he rested a hot
iron on it by accident.
2 The Carey Moon Lake House was a restaurant where George
Crum worked as a chef. One day, Crum had a complaining
customer whose potatoes were ‘too soft and thick’. In the end,
Crum made extremely thin, hard potatoes that eventually
became famous as ‘crisps’.
Exercise 6
Students complete the sentences about themselves and
their work so they are true for them, using relative pronouns.
Then they take turns with a partner to tell them their
sentences and explain their answers. Monitor, checking
students are using the relative pronouns correctly.
Ask students to think about their
college and make sentences that are true for them using
these prompts:
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
1 A useful subject to study is one …
2 A good teacher is someone …
3 My busiest time of day is …
4 We’re a college whose students are …
5 Our main building is a place …
Ask the student to complete the sentences
so they are true for him/her and then ask him/her to give
examples and reasons for his/her statements.
ONE-TO-ONE
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 13 on
page 131 of the Student’s Book.
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Exercise 7
A 3 B 1 C 4 D 2
Exercise 2
l 13.2 Students work in pairs. Ask them to match the
question stems 1–4 to a–d to form complete questions.
Play the listening again. Check the answers in whole-class
feedback. If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to
elicit the correct answers.
Answers
1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c
Exercise 3
l 13.2 Tell students to listen again and decide if the
listener understands what the first person is saying in each
conversation. Play the listening again. Check answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 Yes
2 No
3 No
4 Yes
Exercise 4
Ask students to work in pairs and to look at the responses.
They decide which ones show the listener understands,
doesn’t understand or partially understands. Check answers
in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 U 2 PU 3 DU 4 U
PRONUNCIATION To focus on the pronunciation of fixed
phrases, ask students to look at the phrases in 2 and decide
how to link them and where to put the stress/intonation.
Then listen to 13.2 again to check.
Do you know what I mean? /dəjə`neʊwɒtaɪ`mi:n/
Does that make sense? /dʌzðæ(t)meɪk`sens/
Is that clear? / əzðæɪzðæ(t)`klɪə(r )/
Do you see? /djə`si:/
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Ask students to match a response in 4, and to work out how
to say it to sound sure, and to sound a bit hesitant when
they don’t or partially understand.
Absolutely. /æbsəˈluːtli/
Kind of, but… /ˈkaɪndə bət/
I don’t get… /aɪ`dəʊn(t)get/
I see what you mean… /aɪsi:wɒtju`mi:n/
Then ask students to take turns checking and responding.
Monitor, checking their linking and intonation.
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Give them time to prepare their
explanations for the four prompts. Ask them to take
turns to explain each one to their partner, and check
they understand. The partner responds and asks for
clarification when they don’t, or only partially, understand.
Monitor, checking that students are explaining clearly and
responding with the appropriate expressions.
EXTENSION Ask students to take turns explaining one quite
simple and two more complicated things to a partner. They
should use the checking phrases and the responses to
show when they understand, partially understand or don’t
understand. They could describe things like changing a
bicycle tyre, uploading a new programme onto a computer,
a recipe, a mathematical or scientific problem, how to get to
a place by car or on public transport, how to recognize an
important customer/person they are meeting at the airport.
Provide whole-class feedback by getting two or three pairs
to perform their conversations to the class.
Exercise 3
l 13.3 Students work in pairs. Before they listen, ask them to
read the expressions from the two conversations. Then play
the listening again for students to number the expressions in
the order they hear them. Check the answers in whole-class
feedback. If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to
elicit the correct answers.
Answers
Conversation 1
1 What’s the matter?
5 Have you tried talking to her?
3 What do you mean by ‘extra work’?
8 That should sort it out temporarily.
2 My boss keeps on giving me extra work.
6 I’d ask to speak to her if I were you.
7 I think you should ask for an extension.
4 It looks like you’ve got a communication problem to me.
Conversation 2
1 How can I help?
8 That should fix it.
2 It keeps on going wrong all the time.
4 It’s always crashing and it won’t remember the time or date.
3 What’s wrong with it exactly?
6 It sounds as though it could be a battery problem.
7 The best thing would be to buy a new battery.
5 When you say ‘it’s always crashing’, do you mean it actually
switches off?
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 13 on
page 130 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 4
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask students to think about the question. Check answers
in whole-class feedback by asking two or three students to
report back.
Exercise 2
l 13.3 Explain to students that they are going to listen to
two conversations about problems. Tell them to make notes
in the table about what the problem is, the diagnosis and
the solution. Play the listening. Let the students check their
answers with a partner. Check the answers in whole-class
feedback. If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to
elicit the correct answers.
Answers
Problem
Diagnosis
Solution
1 Not enough time
to complete a
report and her
boss keeps giving
extra work.
There’s a
communication
problem with her
boss.
Talk to her
boss and
request an
extension to
the deadline
for the report.
2 The laptop keeps
going wrong.
It’s old and there’s
probably a problem
with the battery.
Use the cable
and buy a
new battery.
Students work in pairs. Ask them to look at the flow chart
and problems 1 and 2. Give students time to think about
what they can say about the problems. Refer them to the Key
expressions.
Then ask them to take turns starting the conversations.
Monitor, checking that they are expressing the problems
accurately, asking for details, diagnosing the problem, giving
advice and confirming a solution.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs
to perform their conversations to the class. You could ask
the class if they think the advice the speakers gave will help
solve the problem.
Exercise 5
Students work in groups. Ask each student to choose a
problem and prepare to speak for at least one minute on it.
Give them a few minutes to prepare. As each person speaks,
the others listen. At the end of the speech they ask for more
details and try to offer a solution. The group as a whole can
decide on the best solution. Then each group reports back
to the whole class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask the students to choose one of
these topics and then follow the instructions for 5:
• A problem with a piece of technology they use in college.
• A breakdown in communications between the
administration and students at college.
• An unreliable or untrustworthy classmate.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to choose one of the topics
and prepare a one-minute talk on it. When he/she has
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finished, ask for more details on the topic. Then together try
to come up with a good solution to the situation.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 13 Business communication
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Now ask the groups to reform, with one or two As, Bs and
Cs, in each group. They can then present their situations. The
others listen, ask for clarification and decide whether they
think the advice will work.
These new groups, as a whole, decide on the best solutions
for each of the problems.
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 13 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Exercise 1
Ask students if they have heard of the Deepwater Horizon
disaster. You could give a few cues, for example, It happened
in the USA and Gulf of Mexico, It happened in 2010, It involved
oil. Then ask students to read the article and answer the
questions.
Exercise 2
Ask students to discuss the question and their attitude to the
quotation with a partner. Check answers by asking one or
two pairs for their ideas.
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Check
answers by asking one or two pairs for their ideas. Ask
students what other examples of negative publicity they can
think of.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students if they have ever heard of
a well-known company receiving negative publicity: What
happened? How did the company handle the event? Did
they follow the PR advice in the article?
Task
Exercise 1
Students work in groups. Ask them to read the three
different public relations situations and discuss how they
would deal with each. Tell the groups that they will have
to present the situation, their diagnosis of it, and offer a
solution, to the whole class. Give students time to organize
their presentation.
Ask the student to read the three situations,
choose one and make notes on how he/she would deal with
it. Tell the student he/she can use previous experience if it’s
relevant. The student then presents his/her advice for the
situation.
ONE-TO-ONE
Exercise 2
Each group presents their ideas to the class. Those listening
should ask questions at the end to clarify, and ask for more
details. The class can then decide which advice would work
best in each situation.
ALTERNATIVE Divide the class into three groups, A, B, C, and
ask each group to read one of the three different public
relations situations. The groups discuss how they would deal
with the situation, what steps they would take to deal with
the problem itself and how they would organize the PR. Ask
them to make some notes so they can report their ideas to
another group.
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Processes
Unit content
Starting point
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about, describe and explain processes
• use passive forms to describe processes
• explain a process in stages
• deal with questions after a presentation.
Ask students to work in pairs. Ask them to go through the
stages for the prompts. What would they do first? What
would the next step be? Ask students to work with another
one or two pairs and compare their stages. Ask them to
work out which stages are essential and which are useful,
but perhaps not essential. Provide whole-class feedback by
asking two or three groups to report their ideas to the class.
Context
Possible answers
The topic of Processes gives students the language to
talk about, describe and explain processes. Anybody
who works, or plans to work, in business knows that it
is essential to be able to describe accurately what your
company does, as well as how the different processes and
systems work within the company. To do this, students
cover the language needed to describe the stages of a
process, and learn how to describe the process itself and
present an action plan using common multi-word verbs.
To describe processes accurately and succinctly, it is
essential to be able to use passive forms. To do this,
students will practise using passive forms in different
tenses and identify where to use passive and active
forms. Students will also learn how to describe their own
company’s products and services.
In this unit, students will work on how to explain a process
using expressions to signpost its stages. They will also
learn how to deal with questions when giving a short
presentation.
In the Talking point, students will read about ‘Lean Coffee’
meetings and the thinking and process behind these.
They will then have the opportunity to hold a meeting
using the process and evaluate it, deciding how relevant
the idea is to them in their situations.
Applying for a job: see advert, fill in application form, contact
references, send in form, receive letter, go to interview, write an
email of thanks for the interview, wait for reply.
Moving your office: find new location, contact moving company,
buy packing boxes, throw away some items, pack other items,
move in, choose desk location, unpack boxes.
Buying a house: visit estate agent / look online, visit houses,
apply for mortgage, make offer, negotiate price, agree contract,
agree day to exchange contracts.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the questions
and then ask them to discuss their ideas with a partner.
Possible answers
Buying recycled paper for the printers, using the back of printed
paper for notes, etc., making sure printer is set to print both
sides, only printing in colour when necessary.
Making sure printer inks and toner are properly recycled (they
contain chemicals that need proper storage).
Separate bins for bottles, paper, food, etc. in staff kitchens.
Ask students to think about their
college; what happens to waste paper, old books, outof-date equipment, what happens to food waste, plastic
bottles, etc.? Is it easy to recycle or do they have to look for
recycling bins? Is there a clear and well-expressed policy that
all students and staff are aware of?
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 2
l 14.1 Ask students to look at the company profile and
decide what sort of information they are listening for. Play
the listening and ask them to complete the information.
They can then discuss the answers with a partner. Provide
feedback on answers with the whole class. If necessary, play
the listening again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Answers
1 2002
2 21
3 $20 million
4 anything that is thrown away such as cigarette stubs, coffee
capsules or biscuit wrappers
5 products like bags, benches and dustbins
6 Kenco
7 make a donation to the company’s favourite charity
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Exercise 3
Exercise 6
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups. Ask
them if they think this kind of company is a good thing.
Why/Why not? Provide whole-class feedback by asking each
group to report their ideas back to the whole class.
Tell students to work in pairs and answer the questions.
Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Exercise 4
l 14.1 Tell students to read the sentences and then replace
the words in bold with a multi-word verb from the list.
Remind them to make sure the form of the verb is correct.
You may want to do the first one as a model.
Answers
1 cut down on
2 turning (it) into
3 set up
4 pick up
5 throw away
6 pick out, make
(something new) out of
7 take away
8 drop off
9 sign up
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Put students into three groups, A, B, C. Give each group a
list of multi-word verbs, Group A: get away, wear away, give
away, put away, run away; Group B: drive off; switch off, put
off, go off, log off; Group C: look up, give up, end up, show up,
fill up. Ask students in each group to check the meaning of
each of their group’s multi-word verbs in their dictionaries.
When they have checked the meaning, they should then
make a sentence with an option for the students in the
other group to choose the correct one. For example, take
away: Every Tuesday the council takes away / throws away
the recycling from the factory.
Now regroup the students with one or two As, Bs, Cs in
each group. Each student or pair teaches the others in the
new group their multi-word verbs, giving their definitions
and then reading their sentence for the others to choose
the correct option. Monitor, checking the students’
definitions and sentences.
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Explain that they are going to
describe the process where individuals recycle items with
TerraCycle, using some of the multi-word verbs in 4. Refer
students to the Tip. Tell students to follow the process as
illustrated in the flow chart.
Then provide whole-class feedback, making sure students
are using the correct verb forms.
Possible answers
1 Local businesses have to sign up to become a drop-off point.
2 TerraCycle don’t pick up waste from individual homes, so
the customer will have to drop it off at the special TerraCycle
drop-off point.
3 The customer can throw their rubbish away there.
4 The TerraCycle truck will pick up the waste from the drop-off
point and it will then go to the Recycling site.
5 There TerraCycle will turn the things people throw away into
something useful.
6 Even items like cigarette stubs and coffee capsules can be
turned into a new and useful item.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 14 on
page 132 of the Student’s Book.
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Ask students to discuss these questions
with a partner or in small groups.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
1 What sort of things do you throw away most days?
2Do you think about recycling when you throw things
away? If not, why not? Is it hard to find places to recycle?
3 What could you do to recycle more?
4What sort of things does your college throw away every
day? What could your college do to recycle more?
5Is it possible to set up points around your college, or in
your town, for certain types of rubbish to be recycled?
Would you use them? Why/Why not?
Ask students to report back on the main points each pair or
group made.
Exercise 7
Regroup the students so they work with another pair. Tell
students to imagine this team has to improve recycling
around the company. Ask them to discuss different ways
to do this and to come up with a list of four or five action
points.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to think of at least five ways
his/her company might improve recycling. If the company
already has a good recycling policy, ask him/her to explain
what happens.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Tell students to imagine their team has
to improve recycling around the local area, including their
college. Ask them to discuss different ways to do this and to
come up with a list of four or five action points.
Exercise 8
Each group presents its action plan in 7 to the class. The
listeners should ask questions to get more details and decide
if the ideas are achievable or not.
You could then ask the class to come up with a class list of
the best five ideas from all of the groups.
Photocopiable worksheet
Download and photocopy Unit 14 Working with words
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to work in pairs and follow the instructions. Ask
one or two pairs to give feedback to the whole class. Don’t
give the students all the information at this time, as they will
find it out in the following exercises.
Possible answers
Fuel and energy: fossil fuels – coal or gas, electricity, petrol,
diesel, biofuels, fats, oil, air turbines, waves, hydro-power,
hydrogen, helium, horsepower, nuclear power, solar, geothermal,
steam, fire, etc.
Liquids: some gases, some fossil fuels
For cars: electricity, petrol, diesel, hydrogen
Renewables: waves, air, biofuels, solar
Under the ground: coal, gas, uranium, geothermal
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Exercise 2
Tell students they are going to read an article about the
uses of cooking oils and fat. Ask them to try to think of at
least two different uses for these before they read it. Tell
them to look at the picture, read the article and answer the
questions. Let them compare answers with a partner. Check
the answers in whole-class feedback. Were their original uses
mentioned in the article?
Further practice
Answer
The article describes cooking oil and fat used in heating, candles,
soap and cosmetics and in biofuels.
Ask students to read sentences 1–6 which have active form
verbs in bold. Tell them to find the same information in the
text in 2 in passive form. Let them check their answers with a
partner. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
2 is used
3 can be turned into
4 has been collected
5 to be reprocessed
6 are being driven
Tell students to read the sentences in 3 and match the
passive form of the verbs to the tenses and forms. They then
find more passive verbs in the text and match them to the
tenses and forms. Students compare answers with a partner
and then do whole-class feedback.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to work in small groups.
Tell them to think of a famous company and, if possible,
look on the Internet to find out the information needed to
complete the sentences.
Download and photocopy Unit 14 Language at work
worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Answers
Present simple 2 (is used, is given, is taken)
Past simple 1 (was turned, were made, were cooked in)
Present continuous 6 (are being driven)
Present perfect 4 (has been collected)
Infinitive 5 (to be reprocessed)
Modal 3 (can be turned into)
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the sentences in
the Language point and then to complete the information
by writing passive or active for 2–4. Provide whole-class
feedback, eliciting why each answer is correct.
Answers
2 active
3 passive
4 passive
Ask students to work in pairs. Tell them to look at the
pictures A–F and decide which part of the process each
picture shows. Provide whole-class feedback, eliciting the
correct answers.
Exercise 2
l 14.2 Tell students to listen and check their ideas. Play
the listening. Check the answers in whole-class feedback.
If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to elicit the
correct answers.
Exercise 3
l 14.2 Tell students to read the expressions and then listen
and number them in the order they hear them. Play the
listening again. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 133 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 6
Ask students to read the text and underline the correct verb
forms. Let them check their answers with a partner. Provide
whole-class feedback, eliciting why the answers are correct.
2 have tried
3 is needed
4 can be grown
5 contain
Ask students to work in pairs. Give them time to think of the
answers for their company and how to express these using
the passive form. The students take turns to tell their partner
about their company. Monitor, checking they are using the
correct passive forms.
Photocopiable worksheet
Exercise 4
Answers
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 14 on
page 133 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Exercise 3
Answers
EXTENSION Put students into three groups. Ask each group
to research one form of renewable energy on the Internet,
for example, solar energy, hydroelectricity or geothermal
energy. Each group then prepares a presentation on their
chosen form of energy. Then ask each group to present its
information to the class. Finally, they can decide as a class
which form of renewable energy is the most efficient and
would be the most suitable for their region.
6 was originally used
7 to be processed
8 is being carried out
9 will be used
1 Let me explain how we …
4 First of all ,…
3 Essentially, there are … main stages.
5 After the … have been …, they are …
6 Having taken …, you …
2 The basic process is …
7 What you end up with is …
8 It’s also worth noting that …
Exercise 4
Ask students to work in pairs and take turns to explain the
jatropha process using the pictures in 1 and the expressions
in 3. Then ask students to check their answers in the audio
script on page 157.
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Exercise 5
Exercise 4
Students work in pairs. Give them time to choose a process
and prepare how to explain it to their partner. Ask them
to take turns to explain the process they have chosen. The
partner can ask questions to clarify anything they don’t quite
understand. Ask them to evaluate the processes and think
of ways they could be improved. Monitor, checking that
students are explaining clearly and using the appropriate
expressions.
Students work in pairs. Ask them to discuss the five situations
and decide how they would respond in each. What would
be the best expression to use? Monitor, checking they are
using the correct expressions. Provide whole-class feedback
by asking two or three pairs to give their suggestions.
You could ask the class if they think these are the best
expressions to use in each situation.
Ask students to think of processes at
their college, for example, how to apply for a course, how
to organize an event at college. Ask them to explain the
processes, then evaluate them and think of ways they could
be improved.
1 Sorry, I couldn’t hear you. Can you repeat that?
2 Let me check I’ve understood you correctly. You’re asking me
if …?
3 That’s an important question.
4 Have I answered your question?
5 I think there are two parts to your question. I’ll answer your
first point and then deal with your second. First of all …
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback by asking two or three
students to report back.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss the questions
in relation to their college. If they don’t know the answers,
tell them how to find out. Then ask them to find out and
report back to the class in the next lesson.
Exercise 2
l 14.3 Explain to students that they are going to listen
to three separate parts of a presentation about a new
procedure for reporting injuries at work. Tell them to answer
the questions as they listen. Play the listening. Let the
students check their answers with a partner, then check
the answers in whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the
listening again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Answers
1 Within 24 hours
2 The team leader or the co-team leader
3 Any type (serious or less serious)
Exercise 3
l 14.3 Before students listen, ask them to read the
expressions from the presentation. Then play the listening
again for students to tick the expressions they hear. Check
the answers in whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the
listening again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Answers
If anyone has any questions, I’m happy to try and answer them
now.
That’s a good question.
I think there are two parts to that question.
First of all … And for your second point …
Sorry, I don’t quite understand the question.
Let me check I’ve understood you correctly.
You’re asking me if …?
Does that answer your question?
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 14 on
page 132 of the Student’s Book.
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Possible answers
Exercise 5
Ask each student to choose a topic to give a 60-second
presentation on. They should structure the presentation
correctly, using suitable expressions to introduce the
topic, and describe either their company and its products,
or the structure they used in 5 on page 95 or a hobby
or interest they have outside of work. At the end of the
presentation, they will be asked questions. Refer students
to the Key expressions to help them invite questions, check
understanding, structure their answers and check they have
answered the question satisfactorily.
Exercise 6
Tell students to work in small groups. They take turns to give
their presentations. Everyone listening to each presentation
should try to think of two or three questions to ask the
speaker. At the end of the exercise each student can decide
if he/she covered:
• inviting questions
• checking understanding
• commenting on the question
• structuring the answer
• checking he/she has answered the question satisfactorily.
The speaker could ask the others in the group to tell him/
her one thing he/she did well and one area he/she needs to
work on.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to prepare a presentation on
at least one of the topics in 5. While he/she is giving his/
her presentation, write at least two questions for him/her to
answer. To give the student practice in listening and asking
questions, you could prepare a 60-second presentation of
your own and let him/her ask you two or three questions.
Photocopiable worksheet
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Ask students to answer the questions in small groups. What
makes meetings efficient or inefficient? Ask them to come
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up with three suggestions for making meetings more
efficient. Ask one or two students to give feedback to the
whole class.
Possible answers
Have time limits – no meeting to last longer than 30 minutes.
Have a meeting where everyone stands.
Have an agenda and stick to it.
Ask students to discuss meetings they
have at school or college, or in their personal life.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 2
Ask students if they have heard of Lean Management. You
could give a couple of clues, and ask them what is normally
lean or not (meat). Is it good if something is lean? Why/
Why not? Then ask them to read the article and answer the
questions with a partner. Check answers by asking one or
two pairs for their ideas.
Possible answer
Everyone feels they have input into the meetings and can raise
things that are important to them.
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Check
answers by asking one or two pairs for their ideas.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to discuss the idea of
Lean Coffee meetings. Do they think they would be useful?
Can they think of a situation where they could use this
format? Would they be happy to take part in meetings like
these? Ask them to think of up to three advantages, and up
to three disadvantages, of having meetings like this.
Task
Exercise 1
Students work in groups of four or five and hold a Lean
Coffee meeting. Tell students to follow the instructions.
Ask the student to think about how a Lean
Coffee meeting on the topic would be useful. How different
would it be from his/her company? Ask him/her to list
advantages and disadvantages of this style of meeting. Ask
him/her if he/she thinks this type of meeting would work in
their company structure and to give reasons for their answer.
ONE-TO-ONE
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to hold a Lean Coffee
meeting to discuss things they would like to improve in their
school or college.
Exercise 2
Each group evaluates the meeting style. Did they find the
process easy to follow? What, if anything, created problems
or caused delays? Did they think it was an effective way of
running a meeting? Why/Why not? Can they think of ways to
adapt the process to make it suit their workplace?
Provide whole-class feedback, asking students to decide
what they think of the process and give reasons for their
answers.
Progress test
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test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Performance
Unit content
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
• talk about different personal qualities
• talk about past events in their lives
• generalize and be specific
• take part in a performance review.
Context
The topic of Performance gives students the language
to talk about and describe the performance review
procedure at their workplace. Anybody who works, or
plans to work, in business knows that it is essential for
companies to review performance at regular intervals to
assess how the company and the staff are performing.
This procedure should have a positive outcome. To do
this, students cover the language needed to describe
reviews and awards, and how they motivate and
encourage staff to improve performance.
Carrying out reviews is a situation where it is essential to
describe accurately how someone has made progress
or not. To do this, students will practise past tenses, in
particular the past continuous and past perfect tenses to
talk about stages and times. Students will also learn how
to make generalizations and to be specific where needed.
In this unit, students will also learn the language
necessary to carry out performance appraisals and set
objectives. They will listen to an appraisal and role-play
the process themselves. They will then set out a plan of
action for performance improvement.
In the Talking point, students will read research on
personality traits, specifically what makes an extrovert, an
introvert or an ambivert. They will have the opportunity
to discuss the merits of personality tests and methods to
measure and assess people’s behaviour and personality.
They will then design their own personality test and work
with a partner to test it. Finally, they will present their
ideas and compare suggestions.
Starting point
Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions.
Ask them to think about appraisals at work – Who does
them? How do they approach them? How much input
do they have in the process? Ask students to look at areas
other than work and discuss how easy or difficult it is to
assess performance, for example, sport – easy; parenting –
difficult. Ask them to try to think of other areas where people
measure success. Provide whole-class feedback by asking
two or three pairs to report their ideas to the class.
Working with words
Exercise 1
Allow students a few minutes to think about the question
and then ask them to discuss their ideas with a partner.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking two or three pairs to
describe the qualities they chose. You could find out which
qualities were listed most often.
Exercise 2
Ask students to read the part of a newsletter and answer
the questions. Tell students it’s not necessary to understand
all the words at this stage, only the general sense. They can
then discuss the answers with a partner. Provide feedback on
answers with the whole class.
Answers
1 Howard Lawrence feels the scheme is a success but is not
surprised.
2 Staff and patients can recommend or nominate employees
for the award.
Exercise 3
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups. Ask
them if they think employee reward schemes are a good
thing. Why/Why not? Provide whole-class feedback by
asking each group to report their ideas back to the whole
class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students how their performance is
assessed at the moment. Is it only by exams, or do they have
tutorials with their lecturers? Ask them which is better at
motivating them to improve their performance. Ask them to
give reasons.
Exercise 4
Tell students to work in pairs. Ask them to look at the words
in bold in the article in 2 and identify which are adjectives
and which are nouns. You could ask them how they decided
that the words were nouns or adjectives, for example, the
words around them, what form they have.
Answers
Adjectives: motivated, hard-working, dependable, efficient,
caring
Nouns: dedication, confidence, flexibility, enthusiasm, patience
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Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the nominations
and then match one of the adjectives in 2 to the
descriptions of the people nominated. Then provide wholeclass feedback on the answers.
Answers
1 hard-working
2 motivated
3 efficient
4 caring
5 dependable
EXTENSION Ask students to think of opposites to the
adjectives in 5.
Possible answers
hard-working
motivated
efficient
caring
dependable
lazy, idle
unmotivated, demotivated
inefficient, incompetent
uncaring, indifferent
undependable, unreliable
Ask students to write five sentences describing people who
are one of the positive or negative adjectives (without using
the adjectives themselves). They then take turns to read the
sentences to a partner, who has to decide which adjective
the description matches. Monitor, checking the sentences
are clear.
Exercise 6
Tell students to work in pairs.They think of a colleague to
nominate for employee of the month and describe them
using the adjectives in 5. Check answers in whole-class
feedback by asking two or three students to describe their
colleague.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think of a friend or
classmate and describe him/her using the adjectives from
5. Check answers in whole-class feedback by asking two or
three students to describe their friend or classmate.
Exercise 7
Ask students to look at the newsletter in 2 again quickly and
match the nouns in bold to the endings.
Answers
confidence, dedication, enthusiasm, flexibility
Exercise 8
Tell students to work in pairs. Ask them to complete the
table with an adjective or noun form. Check answers in
whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 dedication
2 motivated
3 flexibility
4 confidence
5 efficient
6 enthusiasm
7 punctuality
8 creative
9 ambition
DICTIONARY SKILLS
Draw the stress patterns (see Answers below) on the
board. Ask students to work in pairs and check their
dictionaries to find the stress in the nouns in 8. Check the
answers with the whole class and then ask students to
spend a few minutes practising the words.
Answers
00 patience
000 confidence
000 ambition
0000 efficiency
0000 dedication, motivation
00000 flexibility, creativity
Exercise 9
Tell students to complete the sentences with the correct
form of a word from 8. Let them compare answers with
a partner. Then they take turns to say to a partner if the
sentences are true or false for them, using a different form of
the word. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
2 patient, e.g. I don’t have a lot of patience …
3 punctuality, e.g. I’m always punctual …
4 confidence, e.g. I have a lot of confidence in …
5 motivation, e.g. My company offers good incentives to keep its
staff enthusiastic and motivated.
6 dedicated, e.g. I think dedication is important …
PRE-WORK LEARNERS You could replace the following
sentence for students to say if they are true or false:
4 I have a great deal of
in my teachers.
5My school or college offers incentives to ensure ongoing
enthusiasm and
amongst the students.
6The teachers are
to the students and put their
needs first.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 15 on
page 134 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 10
Ask students to think of three job titles and to write down
the qualities they think someone would need for the job.
You could ask them to discuss their ideas in small groups
and come up with a group list.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking each student or
each group to list the qualities needed, and ask them to give
reasons for their choices. The class decides if they agree.
Exercise 11
Students work in pairs and talk about the qualities that are
important for their job. Tell students to describe themselves
and how their qualities help them do their job.
Provide whole-class feedback by asking three or four pairs to
report back to the class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to think of their ideal
job. Ask them to work in pairs and talk about what qualities
are important for the job they chose. Ask them to describe
themselves, decide if they have those qualities and say how
these qualities would help them do their ideal job.
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Language at work
Exercise 1
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Ask one
or two pairs to give feedback to the whole class.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students how they feel when
getting feedback on their work. Ask them what kind of
feedback they find the most helpful.
Exercise 2
1 Helena: She was told that if she didn’t work as part of a team,
she’d never get anywhere in the company.
Matthias: His manager said he was doing really well, but the
review said he would only get a three per cent raise.
2 Helena: Six months later, she was transferred to another
subsidiary and six months after that, she was running the
factory.
Matthias: Some weeks later, he heard that his manager was
fired, but he’d already left by then.
l 15.1 Tell students they are going to listen to Ahmed
talking about his new job. Ask them to look at the questions
to know what they are listening for. Play the listening. Let
them compare answers with a partner. Check the answers in
whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the listening again,
pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Exercise 6
Answers
Answers
1 Because he was having problems with his previous company.
Also, he didn’t like the town.
2 Because he was living in a new city.
3 Because the feedback in his first performance review was
positive.
Exercise 3
l 15.1 Ask students to read sentences 1–3 and choose the
option they think is correct. Let them check their answers
with a partner. Play the listening again to check the answers.
Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1 was having
2 had opened
3 was living
Exercise 4
Tell students to read the sentences in 3 again and complete
the information in the Language point. Students compare
answers with a partner and then do whole-class feedback.
You could ask the students to turn to the audio script
on page 157 and underline the past perfect and past
continuous tenses.
Answers
2, 3, 1
Grammar reference
If students need more information, go to Grammar reference
on page 135 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 5
l 15.2 Ask students to read the questions. Play the listening.
Let students check their answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
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Answers
l 15.2 Ask students to read the sentences from the listening
and complete them with a past perfect or past continuous
form. Let them check their answers with a partner. Play the
listening again. Provide whole-class feedback by playing the
listening again, eliciting why the answers are correct.
1 was working
2 had/’d already discussed
3 was running
4 were talking
5 had prepared
6 had/’d already left
In sentence 6, the emphasis or contrast is on the two events:
1) hearing news about something and not on the news
itself (that he got fired), and 2) that this happened after the
person who was speaking had already left the job.
Further practice
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 15 on page
135 of the Student’s Book.
Exercise 7
Ask students to look at the timeline. Make sure that they
understand the difference between periods and events.
You could ask them which lasts longer and which happens
once, or regularly. Ask students to work in pairs and make
sentences about Helena, using past perfect and past
continuous forms.
Possible answers
Helena had a bad performance appraisal while she was working
for a food company. She transferred to another company
because she had/’d had a bad performance review.
While she was working for a subsidiary company, she was
asked to run the subsidiary, even though she had/’d had a bad
performance review while she was working for her previous
company.
Exercise 8
Ask students to make a timeline about their past. They can
use Helena’s in 7 as a model. Make sure they are only talking
about their past, not their present situation. Ask them to
put the periods of time and the important events on the
timeline. They can include any important events; about their
studies, their career, or life events in general.
You might want to model this exercise by putting your own
timeline on the board and covering the areas suggested.
Students could then make sentences about you for extra
practice.
Ask students to work in pairs and describe their timeline with
its periods of time and events. Provide whole-class feedback
by asking students to report back on their partner’s timeline.
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Practically speaking
Exercise 1
Ask students to work in pairs. Tell them to discuss the last
time they had an interview. Ask one or two pairs to report
back to the whole class on their experiences.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to work in small groups.
Ask them to imagine they are going to a job interview. Ask
the groups to write six to eight questions they think they
could be asked. Then they should decide what the best
answers would be. Regroup the students and ask them to
report back on their questions and answers.
Exercise 2
l 15.3 Tell students to listen to part of a job interview and
answer the questions. Tell them to read the questions before
they listen. Play the listening. Let them check their answers
with a partner. Check the answers in whole-class feedback.
If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to elicit the
correct answers.
Answers
1 What’s one thing about your job that you’ve found
challenging and how have you dealt with it?
2 That they were all quite different characters so it was hard
to get everyone to work together. One of the team was very
independent.
3 That it was a success and that he learnt a lot from it.
Exercise 3
Tell students to read the expressions in bold in the two
sentences and decide which is generalizing and which is
specifying. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
Generalizing 2
Specifying 1
Exercise 4
Ask students to work in pairs and decide which of the words
have a similar meaning to the words in bold in 3. Some
expressions are generalizing and some are specifying. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
overall (generalizing): generally, all in all, mainly, mostly, in
general, generally speaking
in particular (specifying): particularly, especially, specifically
Exercise 5
Students work in pairs. Refer students to the Tip. Tell them to
read sentences 1–5 and then make them general or specific.
Check answers in whole-class feedback, paying particular
attention to the word order.
Possible answers
2 Generally speaking, my company does more and more
business online these days.
3 We mostly communicate in English at work.
4 My last holiday was especially relaxing.
5 All in all, I’m happy with my job at the moment. / I’m
particularly happy with my job at the moment.
Exercise 6
Give students a short time to prepare their answers to the
three questions. They then work in pairs and take turns to ask
and answer the questions. They should give as much detail
as possible, remembering to use expressions to generalize
and to specify. Provide whole-class feedback by asking
three or four pairs to role-play the interview in front of the
class. After the feedback, ask the students which question/
questions they found particularly difficult to answer. Ask
them to give reasons for their answers.
Business communication
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the appraisal form. Ask them if they
have ever filled in a form like this and how they felt / would
feel doing it. Check answers in whole-class feedback by
asking two or three students about their responses.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students if they ever have reviews
in college and, if so, what is reviewed. Ask them if they think
the questions are relevant to them, and, if they aren’t, how
they could change them to make them more relevant.
Exercise 2
l 15.4 Tell students they are going to listen to the first
part of Chris’s performance review and that they should
add in any extra information they hear. Play the listening.
Let the students check their answers with a partner. Check
the answers in whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the
listening again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Possible answers
3 This interests me and I’d like to develop this area.
4 Perhaps work on my abilities to work with others and my
teamwork skills.
Exercise 3
l 15.4 Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the
expressions from the review and match 1–7 to a–g, then
play the listening again for students to check. Check the
answers in whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the
listening again, pausing to elicit the correct answers.
Answers
1 c 2 f 3 a 4 g 5 e 6 d 7 b
Exercise 4
l 15.5 Tell students to listen to the final part of Chris’s
performance review and answer the questions. Play
the listening. Let students check their answers with a
partner, then check the answers in whole-class feedback.
If necessary, play the listening again, pausing to elicit the
correct answers.
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Answers
1 So, let’s summarize what we’ve agreed.
2 To speak to the Head of Engineering about the possibilities of
more technical training and to look at the questionnaire on
teams and team-working.
3 Is that OK with you? / Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Further practice
Task
Exercise 1
Ask students how they feel about the example sentence. Is it
true for them? How would they score themselves?
Exercise 2
If students need more practice, go to Practice file 15 on page
134 of the Student’s Book.
Students work in pairs and design a personality test. They
write five more sentences to find out if someone is extrovert,
introvert or ambivert.
Exercise 5
Exercise 3
Ask students to imagine they have a performance review.
Tell them to turn to page 141 and complete the form. You
could photocopy the form for students to fill in. Monitor,
checking they are filling it in correctly.
Students swap their test with another pair’s and both pairs
do the test and score it.
They then compare both pairs’ tests to see if they think they
are accurate. Ask them to give reasons for their evaluation.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to use the questions they
wrote in 1 as their form and fill it in.
Exercise 6
Progress test
Download and photocopy Unit 15 Progress test and Speaking
test from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Tell students to work in pairs. They take turns to appraise
their partner using the form the partner has filled in. Refer
them to the Key expressions. Tell students to follow the
instructions to hold the meeting. It is important that there
is a level of formality or structure to the meeting, as it is an
important stage in everyone’s career.
Exercise 7
Students work in pairs. Give them a few minutes to choose a
topic and decide what improvements they could make. They
take turns to review their partner’s performance and decide
on a plan of action to make improvements. Provide wholeclass feedback by asking three or four pairs to report back
on their plans of action, giving reasons why they chose the
actions they did.
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worksheet from the teacher resources in the Online practice.
Talking point
Discussion
Exercise 1
Ask students to read the article and discuss the answer to
the question with a partner.
Ask students to answer the question in
relation to their ideal job.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS
Exercise 2
Ask students to discuss the questions with a partner. Ask
students to give their reactions to this sort of research. Check
answers by asking one or two pairs for their ideas. Do they
think it is useful, or fake/pseudo-science? Ask students for
their reasons for their answers.
Exercise 3
Ask students if they have ever done a personality test. Did it
tell them anything interesting about themselves? Did they
trust what it said? Why/Why not?
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Viewpoint 5
Preview
The topic of this Viewpoint is Green appeal. In this
Viewpoint, students begin by watching and discussing
a video of three people discussing attitudes in their
workplace to environmental issues. The students then
watch and discuss an interview with Miles Keeping, who
runs an environmental consultancy called Hillbreak which
offers environmental sustainability services to a range of
different organizations. Finally, students do a task which
involves deciding how to develop the urban environment
of a city which wants to brand itself as having ‘green
appeal’.
Exercise 1
r 01 Ask students to read the questions in the table to see
what they are watching for. Play the video and ask students
to take notes. If necessary, pause after each speaker to allow
writing time. Let students check their answers with a partner.
Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
1
Speaker 1
Yes: Has a ‘Green Impact’ initiative and sustainability policy;
departments monitor recycling and use of resources; students
and staff think of ways to improve recycling and ways to help
the environment
Speaker 2
Yes: Strives to reduce its ‘carbon footprint’; recycling of and
restricting use of water; recycle cardboard; food bank for unused
food
Speaker 3
Yes: Recently named one of top green companies in the US;
related to design of offices and not using much paper (through
e-commerce)
2
Speaker 2
A company comes and checks for Legionnaires’ (Disease) in
standing water; takes water samples and water temperatures;
strict code to keep students safe
3
Speaker 3
Will put on the career page and media section of website;
[because] everyone sensitive to how we use environment,
especially younger people; important factor for potential
employees
Exercise 2
Ask students to work in pairs and take turns to ask and
answer the three questions in the table/video about their
own company.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students to list the main
environmental issues in their local area, in order of
seriousness.
Exercise 3
Tell students they are going to watch a video and that all of
these words come up in it. Ask them to match the words
1–10 to the definitions a–j. Let students check their answers
with a partner. Check answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
2 c 3 h 4 i 5 e 6 f 7 d 8 j 9 g 10 b
Exercise 4
r 02 Ask students to read the headings A–F and as they
watch the video put them in the correct order 1–6. Play the
video. Let students check their answers with a partner. Check
answers in whole-class feedback.
Answers
A 2 B 4 C 1 D 5 E 3 F 6
VIDEO SCRIPT
1 What does your company do?
I work for a company called Hillbreak and we offer environmental
sustainability services to a range of different organizations.
2 What are the main reasons why a company would use your
services?
There are two principle reasons, or drivers as we call them,
which would encourage a different organization to come to us
for different types of services. The first one relates to the law, to
regulations which come as a result of legislation. There is a lot of
environmental legislation and thus regulation in the European
Union, although all member states have their different ways of
implementing the regulations. Different businesses, whether they
are private sector businesses or public sector organizations – and
we work for both of those different categories – will come to us
because they know that they have to comply with certain types
of regulation, or that they have a suspicion that there may be
environmental regulations that they should be complying with that
they don’t know about.
3 What’s the other reason why a business uses your service?
The second type of driver that leads organizations to come to us
for services relates very much to market drivers. So putting the
regulations to one side, an organization, a business or a city council
for example, might come to us and say, what can we do, what
should we be doing, in order to improve what we have to offer to
the market place? So for example, a building owner would come
to us and say, we know we have to comply with the regulations
but what else can we do to make our building have more appeal
to the market place so that tenants may come to our office
building for example, because they know that they want to occupy
premises which have what you might call “green appeal”, or good
environmental practice.
4 What’s an example of a building with ‘green appeal’?
You can think of many examples where this is the case. For
example, take an iconic building in central London, like the Shard.
There is a building, which when it was constructed, would have
had to comply with a lot of environmental regulations, called
building regulations and building codes. It would also, because
the owners wanted to make sure that the building had as wide
appeal as possible to potential occupiers, they wanted to go above
and beyond that environmental regulation to make sure that they
had green certificates which demonstrated that the building was
environmentally responsible in the way that it was built.
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5 What is an example of a business which has benefitted from
your consultancy’s help?
There are lots of those, but one which I think might be particularly
useful to think about is in the context of retail stores. So we have
a client who is a global retailer of sportswear who came to us and
said, we want to have a program of refurbishing all of our stores
to give them a fresh appeal to the market place. We want and we
know we will have to comply with environmental regulations,
building regulations, to ensure that the materials that we use are
appropriate, but we want to go further than that to make sure
that the way that we refurbish these buildings is environmentally
responsible. So it was our job to help advise them about the sorts
of materials and sorts of systems like heating and cooling that they
might use in their stores were as environmentally responsible as
possible. We worked on a number of case study pilots buildings in
the UK and other parts of Western Europe to make sure that the
building system that we were designing worked in a number of
different jurisdictions. We then had some pilots in, pilot case studies
in North and South America and one in China to make sure it
worked again in those different jurisdictions. And now that retailer
is able to roll out that system of improving the environmental
performance of its buildings when it’s refurbishing its stores right
across the globe.
6 Why are urban development projects important for cities?
We work with a lot of organizations at the city council level both in
the UK and in other jurisdictions. City councils have come to realize
that the way that they plan their cities, the way that they design
urban environments, is really important in terms of being able to
provide a brand for their city. And you can find some really good
examples of this. If you take New York City for example, and you
think about some of the fantastic projects in terms of urban design
that have been developed there - you can think of the Highline for
example, which is a fantastic project and lots of other cities look to
those sorts of examples and think how can we in our local cultural
context how can we ensure that we improve the urban design of
our particular urban spaces and bring those together to provide
something which helps to develop the brand of particular cities,
so we’ve come to work with lots of different city councils around
the world to help them to identify what brand they’re hoping to
achieve and how urban design can really help them to ensure that
that brand is propagated into the market place.
Exercise 5
r 02 Students work in pairs. Ask them to read the questions
and answer as many as they can from memory. Play the
video again for them to check and add to their answers.
Check answers in whole-class feedback. If necessary, play the
video again, pausing it for students to hear the answers.
Answers
1 Environmental sustainability services to a range of different
organizations.
2 The first one relates to the law, to regulations which come as
a result of legislation.
3 Private and public sectors use Hillbreak consultancy.
4 Market drivers.
5 Whether the building has ‘green appeal’ or not.
6 They wanted to make sure that the building had as wide
appeal as possible to potential occupiers.
7 Sportswear.
8 To help advise on the sorts of materials and sorts of systems
like heating and cooling that they might use in their stores
to make sure they were as environmentally responsible as
possible.
9 In the beginning in the UK and Western Europe, and later in
North and South America, in China and now the retailer can
refurbish all its shops globally.
10 By the way you design an urban environment.
11 The Highline in New York
Exercise 6
Students work in pairs. Ask them to use some of the words in
3 to complete the sentences. Check answers in whole-class
feedback.
Answers
1 driver
2 comply with
3 jurisdiction
4 refurbish
5 regulations
6 urban design
Exercise 7
Ask students to answer the questions in small groups.
PRE-WORK LEARNERS Ask students if they think their college
or university has ‘green appeal’, and what things could they
do to brand it in this way.
Exercise 8
Students work in small groups and follow the instructions.
Then the students present their ideas to their own group,
and the group chooses the best idea or thinks of a new one.
Exercise 9
Each group gives its presentation. Students present their
choice and give reasons for it. You could get the class to vote
on which was the most convincing presentation and the
best idea.
ONE-TO-ONE Ask the student to prepare a presentation for
you, following the instructions in 8 and explaining his/her
reasons for the choices.
Further video ideas
You can find a list of suggested ideas for how to use video in
the class in the teacher resources in the Online practice.
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Unit 1
Exercise 2
1 a ​2 b ​3 c ​4 b ​5 a ​6 b
Working with words
Exercise 1
2 a ​3 e ​4 h ​5 g ​6 c ​7 f ​8 d
Exercise 2
1 charge of
2 responsible for
3 consist of
4 specialize in
5 work with / deal
with
6 deal with / work
with
Business communication
Exercise 1
b Can you say that again
c Can I have his number
d Is that all lower case
e Was that GSA or GSI / Was that GSI or
GSA
f Could you give me that
Business communication
Exercise 2
Exercise 1
Exercise 3
2 this is
3 I’m very pleased
4 Nice to meet you
5 what do you do
6 Really
7 It was nice
8 Here’s my
Exercise 2
2 I’m delighted to meet you
3 Please call me Greg
4 Which part of the US are you from
5 I’m afraid I have to go now
6 It was very nice to meet you
7 Do you have a card
8 I look forward to hearing from you
Language at work
Exercise 1
7 does a successful
2 do you have to
salesperson earn
3 is she sitting
8 are you doing
4 are you working
9 think, belongs
on
5 does Nadia think 10 have/are having
6 Are you thinking
Exercise 2
2 I’m currently working on plans for a new
shopping centre.
3 I often have lunch with clients.
4 She normally leaves at 4.00 on Friday
afternoons.
5 All our customers expect free Wi-fi
nowadays.
6 I never take work home at the weekend,
even if we’re really busy during the
week.
1 a ​2 c ​3 f ​4 b ​5 e ​6 d
1 gec@hotmail.com
2 004431944010
3 lydia_49@yahoo.dt
4 www.about-me.com/courses_online
Language at work
Exercise 1
1 nice to see
2 difficult to know
3 important to be
Exercise 2
1 to change
2 to join
3 being
4 applying
5 inviting
Exercise 3
1 arriving
2 to keep (to
make)
3 offering
4 to make
Exercise 2
2 We’ve almost
finished
3 is everything on
track
Exercise 1
1 booked
2 Have
3 lived
4 haven’t seen
Exercise 2
2 closed
3 has just
organized
4 Have you called
5 did she arrive
6 ’ve / have ever
met
Working with words
Exercise 3
1 deadline
2 schedule
3 allocated
4 resources
5 changed
6 Did
7 hasn’t arrived
8 I’ve asked
7 didn’t take
8 haven’t
improved
9 Have you ever
spoken
10 have you worked
Exercise 3
1 yet ​2 just ​3 already
Working with words
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
2 schedule
3 update
4 budget
4 is that
something I can
5 and I’m going to
Language at work
Working with words
Exercise 1
7 update me
8 So far
9 let’s check
10 let’s meet
Unit 4
5 interviewing
6 spending
7 to sum up
8 to talk
5 deadline
6 teamwork
7 skills
2 d 3 f 4 b 5 g 6 h 7 c 8 e
7 public holiday
8 paternity leave
9 unpaid leave
10 annual leave
2 happening with
3 help with
4 where are
5 we’re currently
6 anyone else
Unit 3
Unit 2
2 core hours
3 overtime
4 home-working
5 statutory pay
6 lunch break
6 to take
7 developing
8 to help
9 to requalify
10 seeing
Exercise 1
2 handy
3 accurate
4 secure
5 efficient
Exercise 2
Exercise 1
4 afraid to leave
5 sad to see
6 right to ask
Business communication
5 staff
6 budget
7 update
6 up-to-date
7 time-consuming
8 poor quality
1 Hiring a consultant, helps
2 Having a financial advisor, allows
3 Online banking, makes
4 Flying business class, lets
Business communication
Exercise 1
1 problems
2 question
3 happens
4 convinced
5 allow
6 seem
7 find
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Exercise 2
3 We’re / We are planning to meet in
reception around five.
4 I’m hoping (I hope) to try that new
Greek restaurant.
5 The last train leaves at midnight.
6 If you aren’t / are not busy
1 The main benefit is
2 It’s also a lot less
3 Will it let
4 It’ll let
5 make your life easier
6 That’s probably true
7 makes things easier
8 another useful feature is
Unit 6
Language at work
Working with words
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
6 slower
7 more original
8 more popular
2 easy
3 well
4 friendlier
5 faster
Exercise 2
2 than
3 than
4 a bit
5 more
6 much
7 a bit
8 almost as
9 far
Unit 5
Business communication
Working with words
Exercise 1
2 requirements
3 services
4 care
Exercise 2
1 caring
2 expectations
3 require
4 produce
Exercise 3
1 services
2 loyalty
5 expectations
6 satisfaction
2 Did you have any trouble finding us
3 Don’t worry about signing in
4 I’ll run through today’s programme
5 Come this way to my office
6 You’ll need this badge to enter the
building
7 Make sure you sign in at reception
5 satisfied
6 delivery
7 productive
Exercise 2
3 expect
4 require
5 care
6 satisfy
2 how was your
journey
3 let me take your
bag
4 can I get you a
drink
5 I thought you
could
6 catch up again
7 You’ll need this
8 Make sure you
Business communication
Language at work
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
2 fix
3 arrange
4 come
Exercise 2
2 about
3 for
4 at
5 good
6 suit
7 make
8 OK
9 free
10 bring
5 on
6 back
7 forward
8 in
Language at work
Exercise 1
7 are we doing
2 gets in
8 ’re / are having
3 is meeting
9 does your flight
4 ’s / is bringing
leave
5 are we all having
6 ’re / are showing 10 leaves
Exercise 2
2 Our team are going out to celebrate
Torsten’s birthday.
1 a
2 the
3 –
4 a
5 –
Exercise 2
Exercise 1
2 network
3 was down
4 hackers
5 encrypted
6 prevent
7 vulnerable
1 e ​2 c ​3 b ​4 g ​5 a ​6 d ​7 f
5 eat out
6 look around
7 pick you up
8 meet up with
2 check in
3 freshen up
4 show you
around
Working with words
Exercise 2
5 sightseeing
6 specialities
7 venue
Exercise 2
Exercise 1
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2 exhibition
3 excursions
4 delegates
(ALICANTE)
Unit 7
Business communication
Exercise 1
8 Is that any better?
3 Yes, Loud and clear. Hi, Natasha.
2 Yes, it is. Hello Ryan. Natasha is here with
me, too. Can you hear me OK?
1 Hello? Is that Michael?
7 Me neither. Ryan, your line isn’t very
good. Can you speak up?
4 Hi, Ryan.
5 We’re just waiting for Liza. She’s calling
from Rome.
9 Yes, much better.
6 Sure. I haven’t spoken to her for ages.
10 Hello? This is Liza.
Exercise 2
1 begin
2 discuss
3 speak / start
4 say
5 question
6 covers
7 sum
8 come
Language at work
Exercise 1
1 need to
2 have to
3 doesn’t have to
4 Can I / Am I
allowed to
5 mustn’t
6 can
7 aren’t allowed to
/ mustn’t
8 have to
Exercise 2
6 The
7 the
8 the
9 the
10 –
11
12
13
14
–
the
–
an
2 Remember to wear an ID badge at all
times.
3 Check (the) visitors’ names on the
registration list when they enter the
main venue.
4 If you see a visitor who looks lost,
immediately offer to help.
5 Staff not wearing a uniform will be sent
home.
6 The exhibition centre is always closed to
visitors on Mondays.
7 For information, direct (the) visitors to
the Central Registration Desk.
8 If you travel by car, please park in the
Staff Car Park.
2 need to bring your laptop
3 allowed to smoke
4 can’t / mustn’t / aren’t allowed to take
5 not allowed to talk
6 have to / must wear
7 allowed to use your password
8 have to drive on
Unit 8
Working with words
Exercise 1
Across:
2 capital
6 equity
7 Shares
Down:
1 Commission
3 investors
8 entrepreneurs
9 forecasts
4 loan
5 dividends
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Exercise 2
1 for ​2 back ​3 towards ​4 out
Business communication
Exercise 1
1 chart, divided
into
2 upward
Exercise 2
1 at
2 on
3 into
4 from
3 figures
4 continue
5 to
6 in
7 over
4 Would you mind telling me if a package
has arrived
5 Has my visitor arrived yet
6 Could anyone tell me where the post
office is
7 Do you know if they left a message for
me
8 What day will my order arrive
Unit 11
Exercise 2
1 democratic
2 consultation
3 confrontation
2 why you didn’t call to say you’d be late
3 where the next conference is
4 which flight Mr Stoppard is on
5 if they are arriving tonight
6 how often the bus comes
Language at work
Unit 10
Exercise 1
Working with words
2 am going to / ‘m going to
3 will / ‘ll
4 will /’ll
5 am going to /’m going to
6 will /’ll
Exercise 2
2 c ​3 a ​4 c ​5 a ​6 b
Unit 9
Working with words
Exercise 1
3 transportation
4 showrooms
5 inventory
6 middlemen
Exercise 2
1 on
2 stock up on
3 out of
2 futuristic
3 state-of-the-art
4 spacious
5 comfortable
Exercise 2
1 isn’t exactly
2 not very
3 really
4 pretty
6 fully-equipped
7 fun
8 old-fashioned
5 fairly
6 very
7 extremely
Business communication
7 shipment
8 keep track
9 handmade
10 origin
4 track of
5 low
Business communication
Exercise 1
2 Can I take your account details
3 look into it
4 according to my information
5 what has happened to it
6 you check it out for me
7 get back to you within the hour
Exercise 2
2 was dispatched on
3 must have gone wrong
4 check it out
5 asap
6 as quick as we can
7 charge it to
Language at work
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
Exercise 1
2 change the colour
3 asking them to make a better offer
4 difficult to convince them of our
proposals
5 we provide some chairs
6 having music in the factory
7 not come
8 you look at this again tomorrow
morning
Exercise 2
2 good / great idea
3 will / would work
4 might prove
Working with words
Exercise 1
2 e ​3 a ​4 b ​5 f ​6 d ​7 g
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
2 consensus
3 member
4 evaluate
5 confrontation
6 decision
Business communication
Exercise 1
2 Do you have any concerns about this
3 I’ll meet you halfway
4 I think that would be fair
5 If I offer 10% more, will you agree to two
years
6 I’d like to discuss an issue with you
7 I’m not in a position to accept that
Exercise 2
2 issue
3 concern
4 problem
5 Supposing (Shall)
6 about
7 can
Language at work
Exercise 1
7 would you feel,
2 have, will end
asked
3 work, ’ll / will be
8 would do, went
4 knew, ’d / would
9 could, would you
be
change
5 had, would they
10 arrive, ’ll / will be
be
able to
6 improves, ’ll / will
have to
Exercise 2
5 can / could
always
6 Besides
4 hierarchical
5 cooperative
1 as soon as
2 When
3 Unless, will have
4 Unless, will look
5 will have to, if
Language at work
Unit 12
Exercise 1
Working with words
2 f
3 f
4 little few
5 many much
6 f
Exercise 2
2 few
3 any / many
4 some / a lot
5 much
7 any some
8 fewer less
9 f
10 f
6 lot
7 any / many
8 any
9 few / lot of
Exercise 1
2 dynamic
3 concept
4 reliable
5 simple
6 innovative
7 revolutionary
8 original
9 reinvention
10 sophisticated
Exercise 2
2 a 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 c 7 b 8 a
2 How much does it cost to send a
magazine
3 Do you have any idea how long it takes
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Business communication
Exercise 1
1 for
2 about
3 by
4 at
5 at
6 for
7 about
8 to
Exercise 2
1 Good
2 here
3 start / begin
4 First / Firstly
9 think
10 say
2 d ​3 k ​4 a ​5 e ​6 g ​7 b ​8 l ​
9 i ​10 f ​11 c ​12 j
Language at work
2 the quickest
3 the most
influential
4 beautiful places
Exercise 2
2 worst
3 fewest
4 flexible
5 second
5 most bored
6 the second most
7 you have ever
8 the busiest
6 one
7 fewest
8 best
Unit 13
Working with words
Exercise 1
1 failure
2 refund
3 down
4 defect
5 damaged
6 injury
7 recalling
8 complaints
9 mistake
10 resolved
Exercise 3
1 where
2 whose
3 who
4 where
5 when
2 They are the people whose company
went bankrupt last year
3 Palo Alto is a city which has lots of tech
businesses.
4 The lunchbreak is a time when you
should relax.
5 Tennis is a sport which a lot employees
play after work.
Working with words
Exercise 1
1 cut down (on)
2 throw away
3 turn into
4 take away
5 set up
Exercise 2
1 pick out
2 throw away
3 set up
4 cut down on
6 drop off
7 pick out
8 pick up
9 make out of
10 sign up
5 make, out of
6 drop off
7 turn, into
8 pick up
Business communication
Exercise 1
Business communication
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
2 d ​3 a ​4 e ​5 b ​6 c
2 won’t
3 do you mean by
4 keeps on
5 sounds as
though
Exercise 2
2 ‘s always
borrowing
3 taking
4 wrong
5 should
6 Have you tried
7 think you should
8 should solve the
problem
9 if I were you
2 questions,
answer
3 hear, repeat
4 quite, question
6 ‘d advise
7 sounds
8 should
9 appears
10 putting
Exercise 1
Language at work
Exercise 1
2 e ​3 a ​4 c ​5 b
5 check, correctly
6 asking, if
7 that, your
Language at work
2 make
3 are cut and
painted
4 sew
5 are washed
Exercise 2
2 is located
3 was turned
4 was held
2 are being opened this year
3 must be given a warning if they are late
4 have agreed to extend the hours of
work
5 is regarded as a sign of politeness in this
culture
Unit 15
Working with words
Exercise 1
2 confident
3 ambitious
4 patient
Exercise 2
Unit 14
2 Does anyone have any questions?
3 I don’t quite understand the question.
4 Let me check I’ve understood you
correctly.
5 Thank you for that question.
6 That’s an important question.
7 There are two parts to your question.
8 Does that answer your question?
9 Have I answered your question?
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
2 e, 4 c
Exercise 4
5 Then / Secondly
6 finally / lastly
7 free
Exercise 3
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
2 patience
3 confidence
4 motivation
5 creativity
5 hard-working
6 enthusiastic
7 punctual
6 flexible
7 enthusiasm
8 ambition
Business communication
Exercise 1
2 pleased / happy
3 feel
4 happy / pleased
5 strengths
6 seem
7 thing / issue / problem
Exercise 2
2 about ​3 for ​4 with
Exercise 3
2 do
3 intend
4 sound
5 add
Language at work
Exercise 1
7 stopped
2 hadn’t been
3 were all finishing 8 came across
9 hadn’t liked
4 said
10 had waited
5 hadn’t asked
6 was suggesting
Exercise 2
2 had had
3 were quickly
becoming
4 was growing
5 had just
graduated
6 were running
7 had asked
8 hadn’t you taken
9 was doing
6 employs
7 supports
8 are encouraged
and trained
5 was won
6 has been used
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